Science

Question 1

Solar system

Answer 1

The sun and its family of orbiting planets moons and other objects

Question 2

Galaxy

Answer 2

Millions or billions of stars held together in a group by their own gravity.

Question 3

Universe

Answer 3

Space and all the matter and energy in it.

Question 4

Satellite

Answer 4

An object that orbits a more massive object

Question 5

Impact crater

Answer 5

A round pit left behind on the surface of a planet or other body in space after a smaller object strikes the surface.

Question 6

Axis of rotation

Answer 6

An imaginary line about which a turning body such as earth rotations

Question 7

Revolution

Answer 7

The motion of one body around another such as earth in its orbit around the sun

Question 8

Season

Answer 8

One part of a pattern of one temperature changes and another whether trends over the course of a year

Question 9

Equinox

Answer 9

In an orbit a position and time in which sunlight shines equally on the northern hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere

Question 10

Solstice

Answer 10

In an orbit a position and time during which one hemisphere gets its maximum area of sunlight

Question 11

Mare

Answer 11

A large dark plain of solidified lava on the moon

Question 12

Eclipse

Answer 12

An oval or flattened surface.

Question 13

Umbra

Answer 13

The dark central region of a shadow such as the cone of complete shadow cast by an object

Question 14

Penumbra

Answer 14

A region of lighter shadow that may surround an umbra

Question 15

Astronomical unit UA

Answer 15

Earths average distance from the sun which is approximately 150 million kilometers

Question 16

Ellipse

Answer 16

An event during which one object in space cast a shadow onto another

Question 17

Terrestrial planet

Answer 17

Earth or planet similar to earth that has a rocky surface

Question 18

Gas giant

Answer 18

A large planet that consist mostly of gases in a dense form

Question 19

Asteroid

Answer 19

A small solid rock body that orbits the sun

Question 20

Comet

Answer 20

A body that produces a coma of gas and dust

Question 21

Meteor

Answer 21

A brief streak of light produced by a small partial entering earths atmosphere

Question 22

Orbit

Answer 22

Path of an object in space as it moves around another object due to gravity.