| Question | Answer |
| An ____ occurs when one object passes into the shadow of another object. | eclipse
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A _____ is a piece of rock, smaller than an asteroid, that enters Earth’s atmosphere and burns up. | meteor
| An ____ is an imaginary line running through the center of Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. | axis
| An ____ is the path a planet takes around the sun. | orbit
| ____ is the turning of an object on an axis. | rotation
| A ____ is a body in space that orbits a larger body. | satellite
| ___ is the movement of one object in an orbit around another object. | revolution
| ____ are the regular rising and falling of the ocean’s surface. | tides
| A ___ is a hole in the ground caused by a meteor hitting earth’s surface. | crater
| Why doesn't the Earth block out the light between the Sun and the Moon every month? | The moon's orbit is tilted five degrees
| What moon phase comes after a waxing crescent? | first quarter
| When referring to the phases of the moon, waxing means _____. | getting bigger
| The force holding the planets in their orbit is ____. | gravity
| We always see the same side of the moon because one moon _______ is equal to one moon ________. | rotation, revolution
| The two types of eclipses we talked about are ______ and _______. | solar, lunar
| If a planet has an elliptical orbit, that means that it is shaped like _______. | oval
| Which object's motion causes eclipses? | moon
| Our moon is an example of a _________. | satellite
| What is caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun on Earth? | tides
| It takes the moon anywhere from _________ to complete a lunar cycle. | 28 days
| The tilt of the Earth causes _______. | seasons
| What is the tilt of the Earth's axis? | 23.5 degrees |
