Astronomy chapter one vocab
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope | A device built to study distant objects by making them appear closer.
🗑
|
||||
| Crater | Round pits on the moon's surface.
🗑
|
||||
| Gravity | The attractive force between two objects; its magnitude depends on their masses and the distance between them.
🗑
|
||||
| Tide | The rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean.
🗑
|
||||
| Revolution | The movement of an object around another object
🗑
|
||||
| Orbit | The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space.
🗑
|
||||
| Solar Eclipse | The blocking of sunlight to Earth that occurs when the moon is between the sun and Earth.
🗑
|
||||
| Astronomy | The study of moon, stars, and other objects in space
🗑
|
||||
| Satellite | Any object that revolves around another object in space.
🗑
|
||||
| Lunar Eclipse | The blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and moon.
🗑
|
||||
| Maria | Dark, flat regions on the moon's surface.
🗑
|
||||
| Phase | One of the different shapes of the moon as seen from Earth.
🗑
|
||||
| Eclipse | The partial or total blocking of one object by another.
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
Garysmith
Popular Science sets