Stars and the Solar System Voc. Quiz

A scientist who studies objects and events in space.

The eighth planet from the Sun. A large, outer, gas planet.

The Great Bear Constellation. Is part of the Big Dipper. Made of seven main stars.

The path of an object as it travels around a larger object.

The seventh planet from the Sun. A large, outer, gas planet.

A dark region formed when light shines on an object and it does not pass through.

A rocky object that orbits around the Sun.

A giant ball of hot, glowing gases that release energy.

A large body that travels in an orbit around a star.

The movement of one object around another;orbit.

An instrument that points to magnetic North. Used to find locations.

The four main points of a compass: north, south, east, and west which are also known as N,S,E,W

The oval shaped path the planet takes around the Sun.

The opposite ends of an axis. Earth has a North and South.

The shape of the moon formed by the lighted part of the half that faces Earth.

The entire half of the moon that faces Earth is lighted. You see a full circle.

One half of the lighted half of the moon, or one quarter of the entire moon, is visible.

To bounce back. The moon bounces back light from the sun.

The North Star.

A sliver of lighted moon appears.

The second planet from the Sun. A small, inner, rocky planet.

A brighter winter constellation in the Northern Hemisphere.

A natural object in space that revolves around a planet.

An imaginary line that goes through the center of a planet, moon, or star, on which it rotates.

The effects on Earth due to the change in the amount of sunlight caused by Earth's tilt.

The scientific study of objects in space.

The third planet from the Sun on which we live. A small, inner, rocky planet.

The time it takes a planet to revolve around the Sun.

The Sun, the eight planets and their moons, and all the other objects that move around it.

Instrument that uses lenses and sometimes mirrors to make distant objects look large and close.

The spinning of a planet, moon, or star around its axis.

A frozen mass of ice and dust that orbits the Sun.

A medium-sized star that is the center of our solar system.

The first planet from the Sun. A small, inner, rocky planet.

The fourth planet from the Sun. A small, inner, rocky planet.

The fifth planet from the Sun. A large, outer, gas planet.

the Little Bear Constellation. Made of seven main stars. Contains the star Polaris.

The blanket of gases that surrounds a planet or moon.

The sixth planet from the Sun. A large, outer, gas planet.

A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky as seen from Earth.

Begins a new set of phases. You cannot see the moon.

The rise and fall of the ocean along the coasts. Caused by the gravitational pull of the moon.