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Sun earth moon
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Satellite | Is a body that orbits the planet |
| Star | A huge ball of superheated gas or plasma |
| Planet | Spherical orbit the sun with a larger mass then nearby objects |
| Meteor | Is a small streak of light |
| Comet | It is a cold mixture of dust and ice |
| Constellation | |
| Geocentric | |
| Heliocentric | |
| Ellipse | An oval shape rather than a perfect circle |
| Sun | Sun largest object in our solar system |
| Axis | An imaginary line that passes from the North Pole all through out the earth center to the South Pole |
| Rotation | Is day and night |
| Revolution | Is the movement of one object around another one revolution of earth around the sun takes one year like other planets |
| Orbit | Around the sun is an ellipse |
| Solstice | Solstice occurs when either the northern or southern hemisphere is at its strongest |
| Equinox | Which mean equals night |
| Gravity | This force that attracts all objects towards each other is called gravity law |
| Law of universal gravitation | Pull of gravity depends on mass and distance |
| Inertia | Is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion |
| Phase | Different shape of the moon you see |
| Solar eclipse | When the moon passes directly between the earth and sun |
| Lunar eclipse | Occurs during a full moon when earth is directly between the moon and sun |
| Umbra | Darkest part of a shadow where light is completely blocked |
| Penumbra | Area of a shadow where light is partially blocked |
| Tide | Daily rise and fall of ocean water |
| Spring tide | Higher high tides during full and new moons |
| Neap tides | Lower high tides during the first and third quarter moons |
| Maria | Dark , smooth, lava covered areas on the moon |
| Highlands | Higher lighter areas on the moon covered with craters |