Space

Question 1

Solar system

Answer 1

The sun and its family of orbiting planets, moons, and other objects.

Question 2

Galaxy

Answer 2

Billions of stars held together in a group by their gravity.

Question 3

Universe

Answer 3

Space and all the matter and energy in it.

Question 4

Satellite

Answer 4

An object that orbits a more massive object.

Question 5

Impact crater

Answer 5

A round pit left behind on the surface of a planet or other body in space after a smaller object strikes it surface.

Question 6

Axis of rotation

Answer 6

An imaginary line which a turning body, such as earth rotates

Question 7

Revolution

Answer 7

The motion of one body around another, such as earth in its orbit around the sun. The time it takes an object to go around once.

Question 8

Season

Answer 8

A part of a pattern of temperatures changes and other weather trends over the year. They are caused by the position of the earth to the sun.

Question 9

Equinox

Answer 9

In an orbit, a position and time in which sunlight shines equally on the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. A time of the year when daylight and darkness are nearly equal for most of the earth.

Question 10

Solstice

Answer 10

In an orbit, a position and time which one hemisphere has maximum light and the other has minimum amount.

Question 11

Mare

Answer 11

A large dark plain of solidified lava on the moon

Question 12

Eclipse

Answer 12

An event during which one object in space casts a shadow on another

Question 13

Umbra

Answer 13

The dark central region of a shadow, such as the cone of the complete complete shadow cast of an object

Question 14

Penumbra

Answer 14

A region of lighter shadow that may surround an umbra

Question 15

Astronomical unit (AU)

Answer 15

Earths average distance from the sun which is 150 million kilometers

Question 16

Ellipse

Answer 16

An oval or flattened circle

Question 17

Terrestrial planet

Answer 17

Earth or a planet similar to earth that has a rocky surface. Mercury, Venus, Mars and earth are examples

Question 18

Gas giant

Answer 18

A large planet that consists of mostly gases in a dense form. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are examples.

Question 19

Asteroid

Answer 19

A small rock that orbits the sun.

Question 20

Geocentric

Answer 20

Earth centered solar system

Question 21

Heliocentric

Answer 21

Sun centered solar system. Us.

Question 22

Comet

Answer 22

A small, icy body that orbits the earth that produces a coma of gas and dust.

Question 23

Meteor

Answer 23

A brief streak of light produced by a small particle

Question 24

Meteorite

Answer 24

A small object from space that passes through earths atmosphere

Question 25

Gravity

Answer 25

The force that objects exert on each other because of there mass

Question 26

Tides

Answer 26

The rising and fallen of the waves because of the moon.

Question 27

Waxing

Answer 27

The moon phases that are closer to the new moon and full moon. They are gradually increasing

Question 28

Waning

Answer 28

The moon phases closer to the full moon and new moon. There are gradually decreasing

Question 29

Gibbous moon

Answer 29

The moon phases before and after the full moon.

Question 30

Crescent moon

Answer 30

The phases before and after the new moon

Question 31

Full moon

Answer 31

The phase when you can see the moon completely

Question 32

New moon

Answer 32

The phase when you can barely see the moon because it’s completely black

Question 33

Quarter moon

Answer 33

The phases that are half way to and from the full moon and the new moon.

Question 34

Orbit

Answer 34

The path of an object in space as it around another object due to gravity. Example: the Moon and Earth.