The Sun
True or False: The sun is the closest star to Earth
True
Shadows "move" on the ground because of the Earth's
What is rotation?
The Earth does this on its axis
What is rotate
The direction that the phases of the moon change
What is counterclockwise
A meteor that hits the Earth's surface
What is a meteorite?
This planet is closest to the sun
What is Mercury?
It takes the moon about this long to revolve around Earth
What is about 29 days?
The time it takes Earth to make one rotation on its axis
What is 24 hours?
The number of phases the moon goes through in one cycle
What is eight?
The force of attraction between two objects
What is gravity?
This best describes the apparent path of the sun throughout the day (think cardinal directions)
What rises in the east and sets in the west (east to west)?
The phase of the moon that immediately follows a "new moon"
What is a waxing crescent?
The time is takes Earth to make one revolution around the sun
What is 365 days (Technically 365 1/4)
When the lit side of the moon is getting smaller it is
What is waning?
An object made of gas, ice, and dust
What is a comet?
The planets in order from closest to the sun to farthest away
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?
When the moon appears completely dark with no lit part visible from Earth it's called a
What is a "new moon"
The Earth does this around the sun
What is revolves or orbits
When the lit side of the moon is growing larger it is in this phase
What is waxing?
The tendency of an object to keep moving in a straight line
What is inertia?
This is what would happen if the Earth was not tilted toward or away from the sun on its axis
What is Earth's days and nights would be about equal?
The gravitational pull between Earth and this causes tides
What is the moon?
These two forces keep the Earth in orbit around the sun
What are gravity and inertia?
The last phase of the moon before it starts its cycle from the beginning
What is waning crescent?
The name of the event that occurs when the Moon moves into Earth’s shadow and is no longer reached by direct sunlight
What is a lunar eclipse?