Question | Answer |
Meteoroid | a solid object moving in interplanetary space, of a size considerably smaller than an asteroid and considerably larger than an atom. |
Meteor | the visible streak of light that occurs when a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere. |
Meteorite | portion of a meteoroid or asteroid that survives its passage through the atmosphere and impact with the ground without being destroyed |
Asteroid Belt | located between Mars and Jupiter |
Earth is described as an... | Oblate Spheroid |
Satellite | Natural or Artificial, it is something that revolves around another thing. |
Which two of the eight planets do not have moons? | Mercury and Venus. |
Spring Tide | High tides are high and low tides are very low. This occurs when the gravitational pull of Sun/Moon to Earth are equal. |
Neap Tide | Weak tides in which the Sun and moon are working together at a right angle. |
Radio of the Moon to Earth. | 1/4. |
Diameter and Circumference of Earth | Diameter: 12742 km/20,552 miles. Circumference: 40,075 km/64,637 miles. |
Leap year | a year containing one extra day in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. |
4 Spheres | Atmosphere, lithosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere. |
Asteroids | a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. |
Comet | an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma (a thin, fuzzy, temporary atmosphere) and sometimes also a tail. |
Diameter and Circumference of the Sun | 1,392,000 kilometers (865,000 mi), 109/1, 4.379×10 6 km Circumference. |
Diameter and Circumference of the Moon | 3474 km, 5603 miles, 10,921 km, 17,614 miles. |