20 questions
What is the path one object travels around another object?
gravity
orbit
inertia
satellite
What is the force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass?
gravity
rotation
revolution
orbit
What is the tendency of a moving object to keep moving in a straight line or of any object to resist a change in motion?
orbit
gravity
inertia
revolution
What is one complete trip of one object around another object?
Rotation
Revolution
Inertia
Orbit
What is a complete spin on an axis?
Rotation
Revolution
Orbit
Orbit
What is a natural or artificial object in space that circles around another object?
Revolution
Rotation
Tide
Satellite
What is the appearance of the shape of the Moon at a particular time?
Phase
Tide
Solar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse
What is the regular rise and fall of the water level along a shoreline?
Satellite
Phase
Tide
Eclipse
What is the blocking of the Sun's light that happens when Earth passes through the Moon's shadow?
Lunar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
Tide
Phase
What is a situation that occurs when Earth, the Sun, and the Moon are in a straight line and Earth's shadow falls across the moon?
Solar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse
Moon
Phase
What is one of many small, rocky objects between Mars and Jupiter?
Asteroid
Meteor
Comet
Star
What is a chunk of rock from space that travels through Earth's atmosphere?
Asteroid
Meteor
Comet
Star
What is a mixture of ice, frozen gases, rock, and dust left over from the formation of the solar system?
Asteroid
Meteor
Comet
Star
What is an object in space that produces its own energy, including heat and light?
Supernova
Star
Comet
Meteor
What is the distance light travels in a year?
Star
Light-year
Constellation
Black Hole
What are patterns that are formed by a group of stars in the night sky?
Star
Constellation
Nebula
Supernova
What is a huge cloud of gas and dust in space that is the first stage of star formation?
Star
Nebula
White dwarf
Supernova
What is a star that can no longer turn helium into carbon? Iit cools and shrinks, becoming very small and dense.
Star
Supernova
Nebula
White dwarf
What is a star that has produced more energy than gravity can hold together has exploded?
Supernova
White dwarf
Nebula
Black Hole
What is an object whose gravity is so strong that light cannot escape it?
Supernova
Black Hole
White dwarf
Nebula