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Sun - earth - moon.
Sun - earth -moon.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Satellite | Is a body that orbits a planet |
| Star | Is a gigantic ball of superheated gas or plasma composed of hydrogen and helium. |
| Planet | Spherical, orbits the Sun , with a larger mass than nearby objects. |
| Meteor | Is a streak of light produced when a small piece of rock of ice burns known as a meteorite enters earth’s atmosphere |
| Comet | Is a cold mixture of ice and dust and develops a long trail of light. |
| Constellation | A or group of stars that people imagine represents a f |
| Geocentric | Earth centered model |
| Heliocentric | Sun centered model |
| Ellipse | An oval shape |
| Axis | Imaginary line that passes from North Pole through the earths center to the south pole |
| Rotation | The spinning of earth’s axis |
| Revolution | Is the movement of one object around another |
| Orbit | One revolution of earth around the sun |
| Solstice | One day per year when the sun appears highest in the sky |
| Equinox | Equal night |
| Gravity | The force that attracts objects to each other |
| Law of universal gravitational | States that every object in the universe attracts every other object |
| Inertia | Is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion |
| Phase | The different shapes of the moon |
| Eclipse | When an object in space comes between the sun and a third object. |
| Umbra | The part of the shadow where the light from the light from the sun is completely blocked |
| Penumbra | The area of the shadow where the sun is only partially blocked |
| tide | The rise and fall of ocean water that occur approximately every 12.5 hours |
| Spring tide | Higher high tides during a full and new moon |
| Neap tide | Lower high tides during a full the first and third quarter moon |
| Lunar eclipse | When the moon passes directly between the earth and sun |
| Solar eclipse | Occurs when the earth is directly between the sun and moon |
| Maria | Dark , smooth , lava covered areas on the moon |
| Highlands | Higher lighter areas on the moon covered with craters |