Earth and Spaces

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  1. 4. icy bodies of frozen gases, rocks and dust left over from the formation of the solar system
  2. 5. Each planet in the solar system moves to its own rhythm.
  3. 8. an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth. It is halfway between the North and South Poles, and divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
  4. 12. are lumps of rock or iron that orbit the sun, just as planets, asteroids, and comets do
  5. 13. when the Earth comes between the Sun and the Full Moon and blocks the Sun's direct rays from lighting up the Moon.
  6. 14. rocky objects revolving around the sun that are too small to be called planets.
  7. 15. During an eclipse, two shadows are cast. This shadow gets smaller as it goes away from the sun. It is the dark center of the eclipse shadow.
  8. 18. the asteroid belt found between mars and...
  9. 19. During a lunar eclipse Earth blocks_________ from reaching the moon
  10. 22. something that occur twice a month, happen when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other.
  11. 23. the partial shadow. the lighted area around the shadow of a planet or moon during an eclipse
  12. 25. period of the year that is distinguished by special climate conditions because of of Earth's axial tilt, our planet orbits the Sun on a slant which means different areas of earth point toward or away from the Sun at different times of the year.
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  1. 1. a space rock that enters Earth's atmosphere.
  2. 2. any celestial body in space that orbits around a larger body.
  3. 3. The inner planets are also called as
  4. 6. The ________ is in between the sun and Earth during a
  5. 7. The darkest part of the moon's shadow
  6. 9. occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring Earth's view of the Sun, totally or partially.
  7. 10. rock that falls to Earth from space. are pieces of asteroids, the small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun mostly between Mars and Jupiter.
  8. 11. The movement of the Earth around the Sun in a fixed path is called
  9. 16. something that occur twice each lunar month all year long without regard to the season.
  10. 17. A lunar eclipse occurs at a _________ moon
  11. 20. A solar eclipse occurs at a _______moon
  12. 21. planet that has the most extensive ring structure, the second largest in solar system.
  13. 24. What color does the moon look during a lunar eclipse