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Sun Earth Moon
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Satellite | A body that orbits a planet |
| Star | A giant ball of superheated gas or plasma |
| Planet | Spherical orbits the Sun, with an larger mass then nearby objects |
| Meteor | A streak of light that passes through air from a small piece of rock or ice burns up and enters earth’s atmosphere |
| Comet | A cold mixture of dust and ice that develops a long trial of light |
| Constellation | A pattern or group of stars that people, imagine represents a figure or animal or object |
| Geocentric | Earth centered model of the solar system |
| Heliocentric | Sun centered model of the solar system |
| Ellipse | Oval shape of the planets orbit |
| Axis | A imaginery line that goes through the earth from the North Pole to the South Pole |
| Rotation | The spinning of earth |
| Revolution | Movement of one object around another |
| Orbit | Path around the sun |
| Solstice | One day per year the sun appears highest in the sky |
| Equinox | Equal night equal day |
| Gravity | Attracts all objects towards each other |
| Law of universal gravitation | Every object in the universe attracts every other object. |
| Inertia | The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion. |
| Solar eclipse | When the moon passes directly between the Earth and Sun during a new moon |
| Phase | Different shape of the moon |
| Lunar eclipse | Occurs during a full moon when the 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 tides during full ans 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 |
| Weight | Force of object on an object |
| Sun | Largest object in our solar system |