Lesson 2 Flashcards
A natural or artificial object in space that circles around another object
Satellite
The appearance of the shape of the moon at a particular time
Phase
A blocking of the Suns light that happens when Earth passes through the moons shadow
Solar eclipse
A situation that occurs when Earth, the sun,the moon are in a straight line and Earths shadow falls across the moon
Lunar eclipse
One of many small rocky objects between mars and Jupiter
Asteroid
A chunk of rock from space that travels through earths atmosphere
Meteor
A mixture of ice frozen gases rock and dust leftover
Comet
Small rocky or metallic object that orbits the sun in both the inner and outer regions of the solar system
Meteoroids
Meteoroid that enters the Earth atmosphere
Meteor
An object in space that produces its own energy including heat and light
Star
A huge cloud of gas
Nebula
Light year
Light year the distance light travels in a year
Dwarf a star that can no longer turn helium into carbon it dolls cools and shrinks becoming vary small
White dwarf
Any of the patterns that are formed by a group of stars
Constellation constellation
A star that has produced more energy than gravity
Supernova
