Science Ch. 13

Question 1

The______ is the star at the center of our solar system.

Answer 1

Sun

Question 2

Earth’s ______ is an imaginary line that passes through the North and South Poles.

Answer 2

Axis

Question 3

The cycle of d ay and night occurs because Earth ______, or spins on its axis.

Answer 3

Rotates

Question 4

Each ______ represents one of the hours in the day.

Answer 4

Time zones

Question 5

If you travels _____ from one time zone to the next, the times becomes one hour later.

Answer 5

East

Question 6

If you travel _____ from one time zone into another , the time becomes on e hour earlier.

Answer 6

West

Question 7

The ______ is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean .

Answer 7

International Date line

Question 8

If you go_____ across the International Date Line you’ll into the next day.

Answer 8

West

Question 9

The seasonal changes are a result of the _____ of the Earth’s axis.

Answer 9

Tilt

Question 10

Travels in a path around the sun is called______.

Answer 10

Revolve

Question 11

The path Earth takes as it revolves is its ______.

Answer 11

Orbit

Question 12

One orbit takes about _____ days.

Answer 12

365

Question 13

The _____ is the imaginary line going all the way around Earth halfway from the North and south Poles.

Answer 13

equator

Question 14

The day when the amount of daylight is the greatest is called ____.

Answer 14

summer solstice

Question 15

The day with the least amount of day light is called the _______.

Answer 15

Winter solstice

Question 16

The days when the daylight and darkness are about equal are called the ______.

Answer 16

Equinoxes

Question 17

A _____ is any natural body that revolves around a planet.

Answer 17

Moon

Question 18

A _____ is a low, bowl- shaped are on a surface of a planet or a moon.

Answer 18

crater

Question 19

There is no ____, _____, and _____ on the moon.

Answer 19

Erosion, water ,and almost no atmosphere.

Question 20

The side of the moon that we could not see is called the____.

Answer 20

Dark side

Question 21

Why does the moon seems to give off its own light?

Answer 21

…. because sun light reflects on the moon.

Question 22

A _____ is on of the shapes the moon seems to have as it orbits Earth.

Answer 22

Moon phase

Question 23

The cycle phases of the moon takes _____.

Answer 23

29 1/2 Earth’s days

Question 24

An ______ occurs when body in space blocks the light from reaching another body in space.

Answer 24

Eclipse

Question 25

A _____ occurs when the moon cast a shadow on Earth, only the outer atmosphere of the sun can be seen.

Answer 25

Solar eclipse

Question 26

A _______ occurs when the full moon passes through the shadow of Earth. Earth blocks the sun’s light and made the moon look red because the light pass the Earth’s atmosphere and made it red.

Answer 26

Lunar eclipse

Question 27

The bending of light is called _____.

Answer 27

Refraction

Question 28

A _____ is huge ball of very gases in space.

Answer 28

Star

Question 29

______ are dark cooler areas on the sun.

Answer 29

Sunspots

Question 30

Which color of stars are hottest?

Answer 30

blue ones

Question 31

Which color of the stars are coolest?

Answer 31

Red

Question 32

A ________ is a group of stars that is named after religious or mythical object or animal.

Answer 32

Constellation

Question 33

A ____ is a body that revolves around a star

Answer 33

Planet

Question 34

The _____ is everything that exists.

Answer 34

Universe

Question 35

A _____ is a group stars, gas, dust.

Answer 35

Galaxy