Vicab 2

Question 1

Gravity

Answer 1

The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth

Question 2

Tide

Answer 2

Tide is the cycle of rising and falling of the surface of the bodies of water.

Question 3

Waxing

Answer 3

A waxing moon is the one that is getting larger each night.

Question 4

Waning

Answer 4

It gets smaller every night

Question 5

Gibbous moon

Answer 5

Between a half moon but less than a full moon

Question 6

Crescent moon

Answer 6

It is less than half illuminated

Question 7

Full moon

Answer 7

The whole moon is illuminated

Question 8

New moon

Answer 8

The Whole moon is dark

Question 9

Quarter moon

Answer 9

The moon is one half illuminated

Question 10

Perihelion

Answer 10

The point in the orbit of a planet which is closer to the sun

Question 11

Aphelion

Answer 11

The point in the orbit of a planet which is furthest away from the sun

Question 12

Heliocentric

Answer 12

Representing the sun as the center as the accepted astronomical model of the solar system

Question 13

Geocentric

Answer 13

Having or representing the earth as the center as in former astronomical systems

Question 14

Meteorite

Answer 14

A meteor that survives its passage through the earths atmosphere

Question 15

Meteor

Answer 15

A small body of matter from outer space

Question 16

Comet

Answer 16

A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust

Question 17

Asteroid

Answer 17

A small rocky body orbiting the sun

Question 18

Gas giant

Answer 18

A large planet of relatively low density

Question 19

Terrestrial

Answer 19

A rocky planet is a planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks or metal

Question 20

Ellipse

Answer 20

A regular oval shape traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its distance from two another points

Question 21

Astronomical units

Answer 21

A unit of measurement equal to 149.6 kilometers the man distance from the center of the earth

Question 22

Penumbra

Answer 22

The partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object

Question 23

Umbra

Answer 23

The fully shaded inner region

Question 24

Eclipse

Answer 24

An obscuring light from one celestial body by the passage of another

Question 25

Mare

Answer 25

Mares are large,dark,basaltic plains on earths moon

Question 26

Solstice

Answer 26

When the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at moon

Question 27

Equinox

Answer 27

The sun crosses the celestial equator when day and night are equal

Question 28

Season

Answer 28

One of the four periods of the year (spring,summer,autumn, and winter)

Question 29

Revelation

Answer 29

The movement of one object around a center or another object

Question 30

Rotation

Answer 30

The process or act of turning or circling something

Question 31

Impact crater

Answer 31

A crater on a planet or the moon caused by the impact of a meteorite or another object

Question 32

Satellite

Answer 32

An artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or the moon

Question 33

Universe

Answer 33

All existing matter and space considered as a whole

Question 34

Galaxy

Answer 34

A system of millions or billions of stars

Question 35

Solar system

Answer 35

The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun

Question 36

Orbit

Answer 36

The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft