Solar System And Beyond Lesson 2

Question 1

________- a natural or artificial object in space that circles another object.

Answer 1

Satellite

Question 2

______- the appearance of the shape of the Moon at a particular time.

Answer 2

Phase

Question 3

____- the regular rise and fall of the water level along a shoreline.

Answer 3

Tide

Question 4

___________- a blocking of the Sun’s light that happens when Earth passes though the Moon’s shadow.

Answer 4

Solar Eclipse

Question 5

____________- a situation that occurs when Earth, the Sun, the Moon are in a straight line and the Earth’s shadow falls across the Moon.

Answer 5

Lunar Eclipse

Question 6

________- one of many small, rocky objects between Mars and Jupiter.

Answer 6

Asteroid

Question 7

_______- a chunk of rock from space that travels through Earth’s atmosphere.

Answer 7

Meteor

Question 8

_______- a mixture of ice, frozen gasses, rock and dust left over from the formation of the solar system.

Answer 8

Comet

Question 9

______- an object in space that produces it’s own energy, including heat and light.

Answer 9

Star

Question 10

________- a huge cloud of gas and dust in space that is the first stage of star formation.

Answer 10

Nebula

Question 11

__________ - an object whose gravity is so strong that light cannot escape it.

Answer 11

Black Hole

Question 12

__________ - the distance light travels in a year.

Answer 12

Light year

Question 13

As the Earth revolves around the Sun, the __________ revolves around the Earth.

Answer 13

Moon

Question 14

The Moon’s orbits around the Earth takes __________.

Answer 14

29 days

Question 15

The apparent shapes of the Moons are called ____________.

Answer 15

Phases

Question 16

____________ phase is when you can’t see the moon at all.

Answer 16

New Moon

Question 17

______________ phase is almost a full moon.

Answer 17

Gibbous Moon

Question 18

________________ phase is when you see a sliver of the moon.

Answer 18

Crescent Moon

Question 19

____________ phase is when the Moon appears smaller.

Answer 19

Waning Moon

Question 20

_____________ phase is when the Moon appears larger.

Answer 20

Waxing Moon

Question 21

The Moon’s gravitational pull causes the tides and it happens twice a day, the rise and fall of the tides are called a ______________ and ________________.

Answer 21

High tide and Low tide

Question 22

___________ are small, rocky, or metallic object that orbits the Sun in both the inner and outer regions of the Solar system.

Answer 22

Meteoroids

Question 23

___________ is a meteor that hits the Earth’s surface.

Answer 23

Meteorites

Question 24

The head of the comet is made up of _______ and nucleus.

Answer 24

Coma

Question 25

A ____________ is formed when the heat from the Sun’s rays pushes some of the coma away from the comet.

Answer 25

Glowing tail

Question 26

Stars have different colors. Colors occur because of the surface _______________ of each star.

Answer 26

Temperature

Question 27

Sun’s temp. makes it look __________.

Answer 27

Yellow

Question 28

Cooler stars appear _______ or ___________.

Answer 28

Red or orange

Question 29

Warmer stars appear ________ or ________.

Answer 29

White or blue

Question 30

The Sun is about ____________ years old.

Answer 30

5 billion

Question 31

It takes 8 minutes for _________ to reach Earth.

Answer 31

Light

Question 32

Astronomers use _______________ to describe the great distance between stars.

Answer 32

Light-years

Question 33

Constellations are made after _____________ _____________, or objects.

Answer 33

Animals, fictional characters

Question 34

There are ____ constellations.

Answer 34

88

Question 35

Travelers

Question 36

Travelers can use the Big Dipper or the Little Dipper to find _____ which tells you which direction is _____.

Answer 36

Polaris, north

Question 37

The Sun contains 99% of the Solar System’s total ______.

Answer 37

Mass

Question 38

92% of the Sun is made up of _______ gas.

Answer 38

Hydrogen

Question 39

_____________ are the sudden release of energy from the Sun’s atmosphere

Answer 39

Solar flares