What is another name for the “inner planets?”

•Terrestrial

Which planets are more dense, the inner or outer?

•Inner

Which planet do the Galilean Moons belong to?

•Jupiter

Where is Pluto located?

• In the Kuiper Belt

What objects are leftover debris from the formation of the solar system

and have pitted, irregular surfaces?

• Asteroids

What is debris that enters Earth’s atmosphere and burns up?

•Meteor

What is debris that does not burn up and collides with the ground?

•Meteorite

What moon phases will occur when the Sun, Earth, and Moon

are lined up?

• Full and New Moon

What kind of tides have a small tidal range?

•Neap Tides

What kind of tides have the greatest tidal range?

• Spring Tides

What are small icy bodies with highly eccentric orbits around the

Sun?

•Comets

Why do comets have a 2nd tail?

Solar wind

Where does a comet’s gas tail point?

•Away from the Sun

Where are the 2 clusters of comets?

• Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud

During what moon phases do spring tides occur?

•New and Full

What moon phase will occur between the first quarter and full moon?

•Waxing Gibbous

During what moon phase can a solar eclipse occur?

•New Moon

During which moon phases do neap tides occur?

• 1st and 3rd quarter

During what moon phase can a lunar eclipse occur?

•Full Moon

What is the most widely accepted model for the origin of the Moon?

•Giant Impact Theory

We always see the same side of the Moon because the orbital and rotational periods are the same. What is the name

of this movement?

• Synchronous Rotation

The Earth is closest to the Sun during what month?

• January

When it is summer in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?

•Winter

What planet has essentially no atmosphere?

•Mercury

Which space missions involved landing on the Moon?

•Apollo

What is it called when the northern hemisphere experiences the longest

period of daylight?

• Summer Solstice (~June 21)

What occurs when the Sun is directly over the equator and there are equal amounts

of daylight and darkness?

• Equinoxes

What is the name of the spring equinox?

• Vernal Equinox (~March 21)

What is this spacecraft and why is it important?

• The space shuttle. It is reusable.

What planet has a thin atmosphere consisting mostly of CO2

•Mars

Where are the brightest stars plotted on an H-R Diagram?

• Top

Where are the hottest stars plotted on an H-R Diagram?

• Left

Identify what type of stars would be found at each location on the HR

diagram

• A) Main Sequence

• B) (Red) Giants

• C) (Red) Supergiants

• D) White Dwarfs