Science Science

Question 1

The path of an object in space as it moves around another object due to gravity

Answer 1

Orbit

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Solar system

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Galaxy

Question 4

Space and all the matter and energy in it

Answer 4

Universe

Question 5

A round pit left behind on the surface of a planet after a smaller object strikes the surface

Answer 5

Impact Crater

Question 6

An imaginary line about which a turning body such as Earth rotates

Answer 6

Rotation

Question 7

The motion of one body around another, such as the Earth in its orbit around the Sun

Answer 7

Revolution

Question 8

One of a pattern of temperature changes and other weather trends over the course of a year

Answer 8

Season

Question 9

In an orbit, a position and time in which sun shines equally on both hemispheres.

Answer 9

Equinox

Question 10

In an orbit, a position and time during which one hemisphere receives the maximum sunlight

Answer 10

Solstice

Question 11

A large dark plain of solidified lava on the moon.

Answer 11

Mare

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Eclipse

Question 13

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

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Umbra

Question 14

A region of lighter shadow that may surround a dark central region.

Answer 14

Penumbra

Question 15

Average distance from the sun which is 93,000,000 miles

Answer 15

Astronomical Unit (AU)

Question 16

An oval or flattened circle.

Answer 16

Ellipse

Question 17

A planet that has a rocky surface.

Answer 17

Terrestrial Planet

Question 18

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

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Gas giant

Question 19

A small solid rocky body that orbits the Sun.

Answer 19

Asteroid

Question 20

A body that produces a coma of gas and dust, a small icy body that orbits the Sun

Answer 20

Comet

Question 21

A brief streak of light produced by a particle entering Earth’s atmosphere at high speed.

Answer 21

Meteor

Question 22

A small object from outer space that passes through Earth’s atmosphere and reaches the surface.

Answer 22

Meteorite

Question 23

Earth-centered theory of the solar system.

Answer 23

Geocentric

Question 24

A Sun-centered theory of the universe.

Answer 24

Heliocentric

Question 25

The force that objects exert on one another because of their mass.

Answer 25

Gravity

Question 26

The rise and fall of the oceans caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.

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Tide

Question 27

The gradual increase of the illuminated surface of the moon.

Answer 27

Waxing

Question 28

The gradual decrease in the illuminated surface of the moon.

Answer 28

Wanning

Question 29

More than half but less than fully illuminated

Answer 29

Gibbous moon

Question 30

The illuminated surface is less than a quarter illuminated.

Answer 30

Crescent moon

Question 31

The entire surface of the moon is illuminated

Answer 31

Full moon

Question 32

The entire surface of the moon is not illuminated.

Answer 32

New moon

Question 33

Half of the moon is illuminated.

Answer 33

Quarter moon