Solar System And Beyond Lesson 2 Flashcards
A natural of 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 a shoreline
Tide
A blocking of the sun’s light that happens when Earth passes through the moon’s shadow
Solar eclipse
A situation that occurs when Earth, the sun, the moon are in a straight line and Earth’s shadow falls across the moon
Lunar eclipse
One of many small, rocky objects between mars and Jupiter
Asteroid
A chunk of rocks from space that travel through Earth’s atmosphere
Meteor
A mixture of ice, frozen gasses, rocks and dust left over from the formation of the solar system
Comet
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
An object whose gravity is so strong that light can’t escape
Black hole
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 patterns that are formed by a group of starts 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 earth
Moon
The moon’s orbit around the Earth takes
29 days
The apparent shapes of the moon are called
Phase
Phase is when you can’t see the moon at all
New moon
Phase is almost a full moon
Gibbous moon
Phase is when you see a silver of the moon
Crescent moon
Phase is when the moon appears smaller
Waning
Phase is when the moon appears larger
Waxing
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
High and low tide
are small, rocky, or metallic object that orbit the sun in both the inner and outer regions of the solar system
Meteoroids
is a meteor that hits the earth’s surface
Meteorites
The head of a comet is made up of a and nucleus
Coma
A is formed when wither heat from the sun’s rays e of the coma away from the comet
Glowing tail
Stars haves 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 yellow
Warmer stars appear or
White or blue
The sun is about years old
5 billion
It takes 8 minutes for to reach Earth
Light
Astronomers use to describe the great distance between stars
Light-year
Constellations are named after , or objects
Animals, 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 sun’s atmosphere
Solar flares
