Astrnomy

Question 1

Axis

Answer 1

An imaginary line running through the centre of the Earth from north to south about which the Earth rotates

Question 2

Eclipse

Answer 2

An eclipse occurs when a body in space blocks the light of the sun for a short while.

Question 3

Far side

Answer 3

The far side of the moon. It is never seen from Earth because the moon takes about the same time to spin around once as it does to orbit the earth

Question 4

Full moon

Answer 4

The view of the moon seen from the Earth when the whole of its near side is in sunlight

Question 5

Galaxy

Answer 5

A very large group of stars held together as a system by gravity

Question 6

Gravitational attraction

Answer 6

An attraction that exists between any two bodies in the universe that have mass

Question 7

Gravity

Answer 7

The force of attraction that exists between any two bodies in the universe that have mass

Question 8

Lunar eclipse

Answer 8

When the Earth passes between the sun and the moon

Question 9

Mass

Answer 9

The quantity of matter in an object (often measured in kilograms).

Question 10

Near side

Answer 10

The near side of the moon which is the side we always see form Earth

Question 11

New Moon

Answer 11

A phase of the moon that occurs when the part facing the Earth is facing away from the sun.

Question 12

Penumbra

Answer 12

The lighter part of a shadow

Question 13

Phases of the moon

Answer 13

Eight different shapes the moon seems to have(when viewed from Earth) while it completes one orbit of the Earth

Question 14

Revolution

Answer 14

One complete orbit of a body around another body

Question 15

Revolves

Answer 15

What a body (e.g. the Moon) does when it moves right around, or orbits, another body (e.g. the Earth and Sun).

Question 16

Rotation

Answer 16

One complete turn by a body around its imaginary axis. Such a body (e.g. the Earth) is said to rotate on its axis

Question 17

Season

Answer 17

One of four equal periods into which a year is, resulting from the apparent movement of the sun north and south of the equator during a he courageous of the earth’s orbit around it.

Question 18

Solar eclipse

Answer 18

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and earth

Question 19

Umbra

Answer 19

The darker central part of a shadow

Question 20

Orbit

Answer 20

The movement of an object following a curved path around another object. For example, the Moon orbits the Earth

Question 21

Heliocentric

Answer 21

A model of the solar system where the Sun is at the centre