The Solar System
This is the planet the is between Venus and Mars
Earth
one of the four time periods (quarters) that a year is divided into
season(s)
The two oddly named phases that look like a half a moon
Quarter moons
the prefix "sol" means...
sun
a small, icy object that orbits the sun and has a long “tail” of gas
comet
The center of the Solar System
the sun
a measurement of the amount of matter something has.
miss
Gibbous
The prefix "luna"
moon
the name of the creature that only transforms during a full moon
werewolf
Saturn has 274 of these satellite objects, while Earth only has one which takes about 29 days to make a complete orbit
moon
a glowing object in space that can be seen at night and is made of burning gas and plasma.
star
When it looks like the moon is getting bigger
Waxing
the prefix that means "star," it's found in the title of a space traveler and is also the name of the Jetsons' dog
Astro
The person who made headlines by staring directly into the sun during the 2017 eclipse
Donald Trump
365.25 days or 1 year
the alternate rising and falling of the surface of the ocean that occurs twice a day
tide
Which way does the moon travel around Earth? (clockwise or counter-clockwise)
counter-clockwise
The prefix "geo" is related to one specific planet
Earth
Either of the two planets that are believed to rain diamonds
Neptune and Uranus
According to your homework, this is why Pluto is no longer a planet
it has asteroids
an event that occurs when the moon blocks the sun from being seen on Earth.
solar eclipse
The phase where the moon is in between the sun and the earth
New moon
this prefix means "heavy" or "weighty" and is in the word for the force that keeps objects in space in orbit
grav
The head of the Hayden Planetarium in NYC who took the heat for demoting Pluto
Neil Degrasse Tyson