Ch 13

Question 1

The star at the center of the solar system is_______________

Answer 1

sun

Question 2

To spin on it’s axis

Answer 2

rotates

Question 3

Earth’s________ is an imaginary line that passes through the north pole and the south pole

Answer 3

axis

Question 4

The _______ is an imaginary line going all the way around Earth halfway between the north pole and the south pole

Answer 4

equater

Question 5

Earth _______ or travels in a path around the sun.

Answer 5

revolves

Question 6

The path that earth take as it revolves is it’s ________

Answer 6

orbit

Question 7

When the amount of daylight is the greatest

Answer 7

summer solstice

Question 8

When the amount of night time is the longest

Answer 8

winter solstice

Question 9

A ________ is a natural body that revolves around a planet

Answer 9

moon

Question 10

A ___ is a low bowled -shape area on a surface of a planet or moon

Answer 10

crater

Question 11

A __________ _______ is one of the shapes of the moon

Answer 11

moon phase

Question 12

first phase of moon

Answer 12

new moon

Question 13

second phase of moon

Answer 13

waxing cresent

Question 14

third phase of moon

Answer 14

first quarter

Question 15

fourth phase of moon

Answer 15

waxing gibbous

Question 16

fifth phase of moon

Answer 16

Full moon

Question 17

sixth phase of moon

Answer 17

waning gibbus

Question 18

seventh phase of moon

Answer 18

third quarter

Question 19

eight phase of moon

Answer 19

waning creasent

Question 20

An ____ occurs when one body in space blocks light from reaching another object in space

Answer 20

eclipse

Question 21

Eclipse we see on earth are ______ and ________________

Answer 21

solar eclipse / lunar eclipse

Question 22

The bending of liight

Answer 22

refraction

Question 23

The sun is an______________

Answer 23

star

Question 24

A ________________ is made out of a star and all the planets and other objects that revolve around that star

Answer 24

Solar System

Question 25

A _________ is a body that revolves around a star

Answer 25

planet

Question 26

The ______________ is a ring- shaped area where many small rocky bodies, or asteroids , are located

Answer 26

asteroid belt

Question 27

The ___________ is every thing that exists- all the stars ,all the planets, dust, gases, and energy

Answer 27

universe

Question 28

A _____________ us gas, dust, and a group of stars

Answer 28

galaxy

Question 29

A __________ is any body that orbits another

Answer 29

satellite

Question 30

planet closest to the sun

Answer 30

Mercury

Question 31

The order of the planets

Answer 31

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars , Jupiter , Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Question 32

Which explain why the north pole is cold in winter? A. Winters are long at the poles B. The north pole is covered with ice C. Earth's orbit around the sun is elliptical D. The sun rays are indirect at the north pole

Answer 32

D. the sun rays are indirect at the north pole

Question 33

Explain how Saturn and Jupiter differ from Pluto?

Answer 33

Saturn and Jupiter are different from Pluto because Saturn and Jupiter are big gassy planets,but Pluto is a tiny rock dwarf planet

Question 34

Under line the main idea say 3 details Would you like to spend 3 months in the dark? Then visit the south pole! Seasons at the poles and at the equator are different from seasons elsewhere . Even with 3 months of constant daylight in summer, weather at the poles are never very warm. Near the equator , each day has 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. The weather is warm all year.

Answer 34

Underline: Then visit the south pole! Details: Seasons at the poles and the equator are different from seasons elsewhere. Even with 3 months of constant daylight in the summer, weather at the poles are never very warm. Near the equator, each day has 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness.

Question 35

Day and night happens because of ______________

Answer 35

earth's rotation

Question 36

Earth is divided into ___ time zones

Answer 36

24

Question 37

Seasons change because of Earth's orbit and ________

Answer 37

rotation

Question 38

Compare and Contrast Earth and the moon rotate, each on it's own axis. They rotate at different speeds. A complete rotation represents 1 day-night cycle. Earth's cycle, which we know as 1 day, lasts 24 hours and is divided up between daylight and darkness. The moon rotates more slowly. If you spent a day and a night on the moon it would last 29 1/2 Earth days.

Answer 38

Compare: Earth and moon both rotate on it's axis Contrast: They rotate at different speeds.