Solar System And Beyond Lesson 2

Question 1

A natural of artificial object in space that circles around 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 through 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 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 rocks from space that travel through Earth’s atmosphere

Answer 7

Meteor

Question 8

A mixture of ice, frozen gasses, rocks and dust left over from the formation of the solar system

Answer 8

Comet

Question 9

An object in space that produces its 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 can’t escape

Answer 11

Black hole

Question 12

The distance light travels in a year

Answer 12

Light year

Question 13

A star that can no longer turn helium into carbon;it cools and shrinks, becoming very small and dense

Answer 13

White dwarf

Question 14

Any of the patterns that are formed by a group of starts in the night sky

Answer 14

Constellation

Question 15

A star that has produced more energy than gravity can hold together and has exploded

Answer 15

Supernova

Question 16

As the earth revolves around the sun, the Revolves around earth

Answer 16

Moon

Question 17

The moon’s orbit around the Earth takes

Answer 17

29 days

Question 18

The apparent shapes of the moon are called

Answer 18

Phase

Question 19

Phase is when you can’t see the moon at all

Answer 19

New moon

Question 20

Phase is almost a full moon

Answer 20

Gibbous moon

Question 21

Phase is when you see a silver of the moon

Answer 21

Crescent moon

Question 22

Phase is when the moon appears smaller

Answer 22

Waning

Question 23

Phase is when the moon appears larger

Answer 23

Waxing

Question 24

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 24

High and low tide

Question 25

are small, rocky, or metallic object that orbit the sun in both the inner and outer regions of the solar system

Answer 25

Meteoroids

Question 26

is a meteor that hits the earth’s surface

Answer 26

Meteorites

Question 27

The head of a comet is made up of a and nucleus

Answer 27

Coma

Question 28

A is formed when wither heat from the sun’s rays e of the coma away from the comet

Answer 28

Glowing tail

Question 29

Stars haves different colors. Colors occur because of the surface Of each star

Answer 29

Temperature

Question 30

Sun’s temperature makes it look

Answer 30

Yellow

Question 31

Cooler stars appear or

Answer 31

Red or yellow

Question 32

Warmer stars appear or

Answer 32

White or blue

Question 33

The sun is about years old

Answer 33

5 billion

Question 34

It takes 8 minutes for to reach Earth

Answer 34

Light

Question 35

Astronomers use to describe the great distance between stars

Answer 35

Light-year

Question 36

Constellations are named after , or objects

Answer 36

Animals, fictional characters

Question 37

There are constellations

Answer 37

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Question 38

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

Answer 38

Polaris North

Question 39

The sun contains 99% of the solar system total

Answer 39

Mass

Question 40

92% of the sun is made out of gas

Answer 40

Hydrogen

Question 41

are the sudden release of energy from the sun’s atmosphere

Answer 41

Solar flares