SOLAR SYSTEM

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Solar System

Question 2

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

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Galaxy

Question 3

Space and all matter and energy in it

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Universe

Question 4

An object that orbits a more massive object

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Satellite

Question 5

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

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Impact Crater

Question 6

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

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Axis of Rotation

Question 7

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

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Revolution

Question 8

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

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Season

Question 9

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

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Equinox

Question 10

In an orbit, a position and time during which one hemisphere gets its maximum are of sunlight, while the other hemisphere gets its minimum amount.

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Solstice

Question 11

A large, dark plain of solidified lava on the Moon

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Mare

Question 12

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

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Eclipse

Question 13

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

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Umbra

Question 14

A region of lighter shadow that may surround an umbra

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Penumbra

Question 15

Earth’s average distance from the Sun, which is approximately 93 million miles.

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Astronomical Unit

Question 16

Earth or a planet similar to Earth that has a rocky surface

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Terrestrial Planet

Question 17

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

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Gas Giants

Question 18

A small, rocky body that orbits the Sun.

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Asteroid

Question 19

A body that produces a coma of gas and dust

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Comet

Question 20

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

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Meteor

Question 21

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

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Meteorite

Question 22

Having or representing Earth as a center, as in former astronomical systems.

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Geocentric

Question 23

Having or representing the sun as a center, as I’m the accepted astronomical model of the solar system

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Heliocentric

Question 24

The force that objects exert on each other because of their mass.

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Gravity

Question 25

the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun.

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Tide

Question 26

Gradually increasing in illumination.

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Waxing

Question 27

Gradually decreasing in illumination.

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Waning

Question 28

More than half but less than fully illuminated.

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Gibbous Moon

Question 29

Less than half illuminated.

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Crescent Moon

Question 30

The phase of the moon in which its whole moon is illuminated.

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Full Moon

Question 31

The moon is not illuminated by the sun.

Answer 31

New Moon

Question 32

The moon is one-half illuminated by the sun.

Answer 32

Quarter Moon

Question 33

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

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Orbit

Question 34

Flatten circle or oval of orbit.

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Ellipse