Space

During a lunar eclipse, the light from the sun:

Light travels at approximately187,000miles per second. You could travel around the earth 7 times in 1 sec.

One rotation on the earth's axis takes one

What mainly causes seasons?

13.7 billion years ago this happened. It's a theory that explains the creation of the universe.

When white light passes through matter like water, we learned that:

When the moon is between the earth and the sun, blocking the sun's light, it creates a

Because distances are so far in the universe, scientists use this measurement

If we wanted the moon to fall to the earth like a rock, we would need to

I am the boundary separating the rocky inner and gaseous outer planets.

Why don't we see solar eclipses and lunar eclipses every month?

The size of an object in space depends on ______________

When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, we are experiencing

When the earth blocks the sunlight shining on the moon, we see a

What does waning mean?

All of space and time and its contents (including planets, moons, stars, and other space objects) is known as

In order to get an apple into orbit around the earth,

A revolution of the Earth around the Sun takes one

The galaxy we live in is called

The sun's light tends to change color near the horizon because:

When both the southern and northern hemispheres are experiencing equal light, the season is

One lunar cycle (from new moon to new moon) takes about one

What does waxing mean?

When the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, we are experiencing

Name this phase of the moon.