Solar System And Beyond Lesson 2 Flashcards
A blocking of the suns light that happens when earth passes through the moons shadow
Solar eclipse
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
The regular rise and fall of the water level along shoreline
Tide
A situation that occurs when earth the sun the moon are in a straight line and earths shadow falls across the moons
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 left over from the formation of the solar system
Comet
An object whose gravity is so strong that light cannot escape it
Black hole
An object in space that produces its own energy including heat and light
Star
A huge cloud of gas and dust in space that is the first stage of star formation
Nebula
The distance light travels In a year
Light year
A star that can no longer turn helium into carbon it cools and shrinks becoming very small and dense
White dwarf
Any of the that are formed by a group of stars in the night sky
Constellation
A star that has produced more energy than gravity can hold together and has exploded
Supernova
As the earth revolves around the sun the revolves around the earth
Moon
The moons orbit around the earths takes
29 days
The apparent shapes of the moons are called
Phases
Phase is when u can’t see the moon at all
New moon
Phase is almost a new mom
Gibbous moon
Phase is when you see a silver of the moon
Crescent moon
Phase is when the moon appears smaller
Waning phase
Phase is when the moon appears larger
Waxing phase
The moon’s gravitational pull causes the tides and it happens twice a day the rise and fall of the tides are called and
High tide low tide
Are small rocky or metallic object that orbits the sun in both the inner and outer regions of the solar system
Meteoroids
Is a meteor that hits the earths surface
Meteorites
The head of a comet is made out of a and nucleus
Coma
A is formed when the heat from the suns ray pushes some of the coma away from the comet
Glowing tail
Stars have different colors colors occur because of the surface of each star
Temperature
Sun’s temperature makes it look
Yellow
Cooler stars appear or
Red or orange
Warmer stars appear or
White or blue
The sun is about years old
5 billon
It takes 8 minutes for to reach earth
Light
Astronomers use to describe the great distance between stars
Light years
Constellations are named after or objects
Animals or fictional characters
There are constellations
88
Travelers can use the Big Dipper or Little Dipper to find which tells you which direction Is
Polaris north
The sun contains 99% of the solar system total
Mass
92% of the sun is made out of gas
Hydrogen
Are the sudden release of energy from the suns atmosphere
Solar flares
