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Question 1

satilight

Answer 1

an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.

Question 2

planet

Answer 2

an object that orbits the sun

Question 3

meteor

Answer 3

a streak of light produced when a small object burns up entering the earths atmosphere

Question 4

comet

Answer 4

a cold mixture of dust and ice that gives off a long trail of light as it approaches the sun

Question 5

star

Answer 5

a giant ball of hot gas

Question 6

constallation

Answer 6

a pattern of stars that people imagine to represent a picture figure or object

Question 7

axis

Answer 7

the imaginary line that runs through the north and south poles

Question 8

rotation

Answer 8

the spinning of the earth on its axis

Question 9

revolution

Answer 9

the movement of one object around another

Question 10

orbit

Answer 10

earths path

Question 11

calendar

Answer 11

a system of organizing time that defines the beginning, length and divisions of a year

Question 12

solctice

Answer 12

the sun appears farthest north of the equator once a year and farthest south once a year

Question 13

equinox

Answer 13

halfway between a solstice the sun rises directly over the equator rises due east and sets due west

Question 14

force

Answer 14

a push or pull

Question 15

gravity

Answer 15

a force that attracts all object together

Question 16

mass

Answer 16

the amount of matter in an object

Question 17

weight

Answer 17

the measure of a force of gravity on an object

Question 18

density

Answer 18

the degree of compactness of a substance.

Question 19

phases

Answer 19

the different shapes of the moon

Question 20

eclipse

Answer 20

when the sun and a third object it casts a shadow

Question 21

solar eclipse

Answer 21

when the moon passes directly between the earth and the sun

Question 22

lunar eclipse

Answer 22

when the earth passes directly between the moon and the sun

Question 23

umbra

Answer 23

the very darkest part of the moon’s shadow

Question 24

penumbra

Answer 24

the larger part of the shadow

Question 25

tides

Answer 25

the rise and fall of ocean water that occurs about every 12.5 hours

Question 26

spring tide

Answer 26

a tide with the greatest difference between low and high tides and the sun and moon pull in the same direction

Question 27

neap tide

Answer 27

a tide with the lowest difference between high and low tides and the suns pull is at a right angle with the moons

Question 28

co-accretion

Answer 28

the Moon and Earth were formed together from a primordial cloud of gas and dust.

Question 29

fission

Answer 29

a fluid proto-Earth began rotating so rapidly that it flung off a mass of…

Question 30

capture

Answer 30

the earth pulled in a mars sized planet

Question 31

collision

Answer 31

something crashed into the earth and a piece flew off