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Moon and Stars
Moon, Sun and Stars
Question | Answer |
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Moon's gravity | The force that acts upon Earth's tides. |
High Tides | Happens on the side of the Earth that faces the Moon. |
Lunar Eclipse | SEM |
Solar Eclipse | SME |
The change in the moon's position overnight is due to____________ | the rotation of the Earth. |
Phases of the Moon | New Moon, Waxing Crescent, 1st Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, 3rd Quarter, Waning Crescent |
Eclipse | Passing into the shadow of another. |
Moon Phase | Changing appearance of the moon. |
Crater | Formed by rocky objects hitting the surface |
Tides | Change of the water level due to gravity pull |
Ray | Streaks of material outward from the crater. |
Waxing | to grow more lit. |
Waning | to become less lit. |
Perigee | Moon closest to Earth |
Apogee | Moon farthest from Earth |
Core | The center of the sun. |
Corona | The extremely hot outermost layer, extending outward several million miles from the chromosphere. |
Nebula | A large cloud of gas and dust spread out over a large volume of space. |
How are stars classified? | color, size and brightness |
What are the color and temperature of stars? | Blue = hot Red cool. |
Meteoriod | Chunk of rock or dust in space. |
Meteor | Rocky object that burns up in Earth’s atmosphere. |
Meteorite | Rocky object that hits the Earth’s surface. |