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vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| asteroid | rocky objects revolving around thesun that aretoo smalland numerous to be considered planets |
| phases | one of the apparent shapes of the moon as sen from Earth |
| meteor | a streak of liht in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere |
| moon | a natural satelite that revolves around a planet |
| solar eclipse | the blocking of sunlight to Earth that occurs when the moon is directly between the sun and Earth |
| comet | a loose collection of ice, dust, and small rocky particles, typically with a long, narrow orbit of the sun |
| lunar eclipse | the blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and the moon |