Objects in space, tides, moon phases

An _____ is a small, rocky object that orbits close to the Sun

• Asteroid
• Meteor
• Meteorite
• Comet

The _____ is the area, between Mars and Jupiter that contains thousands of asteroids

• Asteroid Belt
• Outer Planets
• Solar System
• Kuiper Belt

While looking into the night sky, you see a streak of light. What is this streak of light called?

• Meteor
• Meteorite
• Fusion
• Asteroid

Where would you expect to find a meteorite?

• Burned up in Earth's upper atmosphere
• On Earth's surface
• In the asteroid belt
• In the center of a galaxy

Stars are made inside a cloud of dust and gas known as a _____

• Nebula
• Meteor
• Solar System
• Supermassive Black Hole

After a supernova explosion, large stars can become _____

• Neutron stars or Black Holes
• White dwarf stars
• Galaxies
• Big Bangs

A[n] ______________ tide occurs when the sun is at right angles to the line between Earth and the moon. 

• high
• neap
• low
• spring

A[n] ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line. 

• spring
• high
• low
• neap

The bulge of water on the side of the Earth closest to the moon produces ___________.

• high tide
• low tide
• neap tide
• spring tide

Tides are the cycle of rising and falling ocean water that repeats automatically every

• 24 hours
• 12.5 hours
• 25 hours
• 6.25 hours