Space Vocab

Question 1

METEORITE

Answer 1

A small object from outer space that passes through earths atmosphere and reaches the surface

Question 2

UNIVERSE

Answer 2

Space and all the matter and energy in it

Question 3

QUARTER MOON

Answer 3

half of the moon is illuminated

Question 4

NEW MOON

Answer 4

The entire surface of the moon is NOT Illuminated

Question 5

ASTRONOMICAL UNITS

Answer 5

Average distance from the sun which is 93 million miles

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REVOLUTION

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The motion of one body around another, such as the Earth in its orbit around the sun

Question 7

CRESCENT MOON

Answer 7

Illuminated surface is less than a quarter illuminated

Question 8

PENUMBRA

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A region of lighter shadow that may surround a Dark central region

Question 9

MARE

Answer 9

A large dark plain of solidified lava in the moon

Question 10

GALAXY

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Millions of billions of stars held together in a group by their own gravity

Question 11

UMBRA

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The Dark central region of a shadow such as the cone of complete shadow cast by an object

Question 12

COMET

Answer 12

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

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ECLIPSE

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

Question 14

GIBBOUS MOON

Answer 14

More than half but less than fully illuminated

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ORBIT

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The path of an object in space as it moves around another object in space due to gravity

Question 16

A sun centered theory of the universe

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HELIOCENTRIC

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TIDES

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The rise and fall of the ocean caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun

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WANING

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The gradual decrease in the illuminated surface of the moon

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GEOCENTRIC THEORY

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Earth centered theory of the solar system

Question 20

ELLIPSE

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An oval or flattened circle

Question 21

SEASON

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One of a pattern of temperature changes and other weather trends over the coarse of the year

Question 22

GRAVITY

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The force that objects exert on one another because of their mass

Question 23

IMPACT CRATER

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A round pit left behind a surface of a planet after a smaller object strikes the surface

Question 24

SOLAR SYSTEM

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

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GAS GIANT

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A large planet that consists mostly of gases in a dense form

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FULL MOON

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The entire surface of the moon is illuminated

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SATELLITE

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An object that orbits a more massive object

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AXIS ROTATION

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

Question 29

METEORITE

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A brief streak of light produced by a particle entering earths atmosphere at high speed

Question 30

ASTEROID

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A small solid rocky body that orbits the sun

Question 31

TERRESTRIAL PLANET

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Planet that has a rocky surface

Question 32

EQUINOX

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In a orbit a position and time in which sun shines equally on both hemispheres

Question 33

SOLSTICE

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In a orbit a position and time during which one hemisphere receives the maximum sunlight

Question 34

WAXING

Answer 34

The gradual increase of the illuminated surface of the moon