Space Flashcards
Describe Moons
Natrual Satalites (In orbit)
Gas Giants often have multiple
Describe Astroids
Small and rocky
Orbit the sun
Found on Astroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Remenants of early solar sytem that never formed planets.
Where can the Astroid Belt be found?
Between Mars and Jupiter
Desribe Comets
Ice, Dust and rock
Originate in Kupier Belt
Sun vaporises ice causing glowing tail.
Describe Planets
Orbit stars
Terrestrial Plantets
Gas Giants
Ice Giants
Terrestrial Planets
Rocky (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars)
Gas Giants
Made of gas (Jupiter, Saturn)
Ice Giants
Heavier elements such as:
Water
Ammonia
Methane
(Uranus, Neptune)
Stars
Hot gas (mostly hydrogen and helium)
Have a lifecycle
Primary energy source
The lifecycle of a star in order
Nebulae
Protostar
Main Sequence
Red Giant
?Black Hole or White Dwarf
Describe Solar Systems
Central Star, celestial objects bound by gravity (Planets, moons, astroids, comets)
Describe Galaxies
Massive systems of stars bound by gravity
Name the 3 types of Galaxies
Spiral (Milky Way)
Elliptical
Irregular
Describe the relationships between celestial objects
Gravitational Interaction
Formation (Nebulae forms stars and planets)
Movement (Eliptical orbit around stars)
Cosmic Scale
Describe Earth’s Rotation
Earth spinning on its axis
Describe Earth’s Revolution
Orbit around the sun
Describe Moon’s Revolution
Orbit around the earth
Describe seasons (why they occur)
Earth is on a tilt, giving some parts varying amounts of sunlight causing seasons.
Summer
Hemisphere tilts to the sun.
Winter
Hemisphere tilts away from the sun.
Describe the Lunar Phases
The moon reflects sunlight
As the moon moves around the sun the amount of sunlit portion changes.
🌑
New Moon
🌒
Waxing Crescent
🌓
First Quarter
🌔
Waxing Gibbous
🌕
Full Moon
🌖
Waning Gibbous
🌗
Third Quarter
🌘
Waning Crescent
Solar Eclipse
The moon blocks the sun.
🌞 🌑 🌍
New Moon
Lunar Eclipse
Earth blocks the moon from sun.
🌞 🌍 🌕
Full Moon
