Earth processes
What is the name for the path that an object travels and follows as it moves around another object?
An orbit
What is the side of the moon is always facing us?
Near side
What is the name for the central or darker part of a shadow, where light is totally blocked?
Umbra
What is the name for the galaxy our solar system is in?
Milky Way
Does every galaxy only have 1 star?
No
What is the name for the spinning motion as Earth moves around the Sun?
Rotation
What is the name for the moon phase where the moon look almost completely dark, very little of the sun's light is hitting the moon?
New moon
What is the phenomenon that occurs when the Moon’s shadow appears on Earth’s surface?
Solar eclipse
What kind of galaxy are we in? What shape is the Milky Way?
Spiral
What is the name for an imaginary line that runs through Earth’s center, running from the North to the South pole?
Rotation axis
What is the name for the motion of a singular object around another?
Revolution
What is the name for the moon phase sequence that occurs when more and more of the moon's right side gradually becomes brighter?
Waxing
What is the name for the lighter part of the shadow where light is partially blocked?
Penumbra
What are the 3 kinds of shapes a galaxy can be classified as?
Spiral, elliptical, and irregular
What is the difference between a meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite?
Meteoroid = small piece of rocky matter out in space
Meteor = when the rocky matter enters earth atmosphere
Meteorite = when the meteor has made its way further to Earth's surface, making an impact
What is the name for the two days when Earth’s rotation axis is leaning along Earth’s orbit, neither towards nor away from the sun. (The Earth is readjusting itself)
Equinox
What is the name for the phase that the moon is in when we can see the entire near side of the moon and the only phase that a lunar eclipse can occur during?
Full moon
What is the phenomenon that occurs when the moon moves into Earth’s shadow?
Lunar eclipse
What is a Black hole? How do they come to be?
Dead star, invisible that takes in light and never lets anything out again.
What is the name for an imaginary line that runs horizontally around the middle of Earth? This separates the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemisphere.
The Equator
What is the name for the two days in a year where Earth’s rotation axis is the most towards or away from the sun.
Solstice
What is the name for the moon phase sequence that occurs when less and less of the moon's right side is lit each night?
Waning
What is the order of the moon phases? Starting from New moon.
New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent
What is the difference between an asteroid and a meteroid?
Asteroids are larger more formed rock, while meteoroids are looser particles in smaller rock forms.
What is the name for the phenomenon that is due to an object's mass and distance from one another, meaning the gravity of the smaller object will gravitate towards the larger one?
Gravitational pull