Space Vocabulary

Question 1

Orbit

Answer 1

the path of an object in space as it moves around another object due to gravity

Question 2

Solar System

Answer 2

The Sun and it family of orbiting planets and moon and other objects.

Question 3

Galaxy

Answer 3

Millions or billions of stars held together in a group by their own gravity.

Question 4

Universe

Answer 4

Space and all the matter and energy in it

Question 5

Satellite

Answer 5

An object that orbits a more massive object

Question 6

Impact Crater

Answer 6

a round pit left behind on the surface of a planet or other body in space after a smaller object strikes the center

Question 7

Axis of Rotation

Answer 7

An imaginary line about which turning body such as the earth rotates

Question 8

Revolution

Answer 8

The motion of the body around another, such as the Earth in its orbit around the Sun

Question 9

Season

Answer 9

One part of the pattern of Temperature changes and other weather trends over the course of a year

Question 10

Equinox

Answer 10

In an orbit, a position and time in which sunlight shines equally on the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, a time of the year when daylight and darkness are nearly equal for most parts of the earth

Question 11

Solstice

Answer 11

In an orbit, a position and time during which one hemisphere receives it minimum amount

Question 12

Mare

Answer 12

A large dark plain of solidified lava on the moon

Question 13

Eclipse

Answer 13

an event during which one object in space cast a shadow onto another

Question 14

Umbra

Answer 14

the dark central region of a shadow, such as the cone of complete shadow cast by an object

Question 15

Penumbra

Answer 15

A region of lighter shadow that may surround a dark central region. The spreading cone of lighter shadow cast by an object

Question 16

Astronomical Unit (AU)

Answer 16

Average distance from the sun which is approximately 93,000,000 miles or 150 million kilometers

Question 17

Ellips

Answer 17

An oval or flattened circle

Question 18

Terrestrial Planet

Answer 18

A planet that has a rocky surface

Question 19

Gas Giant

Answer 19

A large planet that consist mostly of gases in a dense form

Question 20

Asteroid

Answer 20

a small solid rocky body that orbits the sun

Question 21

Comet

Answer 21

a body that produces a coma of gas and dust, a small icy body that orbits the sun

Question 22

Meteor

Answer 22

A brief streak of light

Question 23

Meteorite

Answer 23

a small object from outer space that passes through earths atmosphere and reaches the surface

Question 24

Geocentric

Answer 24

Earth centered theory of the solar system

Question 25

Heliocentric

Answer 25

A sun centered theory of the solar system

Question 26

Gravity

Answer 26

A force that objects exert on one another because of their mass

Question 27

Tide

Answer 27

The rise and the fall of the ocean leaves caused by the gravitational pull of the moon

Question 28

Waxing

Answer 28

Getting bigger

Question 29

Waning

Answer 29

Getting smaller

Question 30

Gibbous Moon

Answer 30

More than half but less than fully illuminated

Question 31

Crescent Moon

Answer 31

The illuminated surface is less that a quarter illuminated

Question 32

Full Moon

Answer 32

The entire surface of the moon is illuminated

Question 33

New Moon

Answer 33

The entire surface of the moon is not illuminated

Question 34

Quarter Moon

Answer 34

Half of the moon's surface is illuminated