EARTH AND BEYOND

What is a huge ball of very hot gases in space?

• galaxy
• equator
• star
• constellation

The star at the center of our solar system

• equator
• sun
• planet
• constellation 

To spin on an axis

• orbit
• revolve
• rotate
• axis

A star and all the planets and other objects that revolve around it

• galaxy
• universe
• constellation
• solar system

Any natural body that revolves around a planet

• Sun
• eclipse
• Moon
• crater

A body that revolves around a star

• planet
• moon phase
• moon
• sun

The path one body takes in space as it revolves around another

• universe
• orbit
• refraction
• moon

A grouping of gas, dust, and many stars,plus any objects that orbit those stars

• universe
• constellation
• galaxy
• moon phase

An event that occurs when one object in space passes through the shadow of another object in space

• moon phase
• eclipse
• refraction
• crater 

Why does the moon appear to shine?

• It is like a star and gives off light

• It refracts light from space

• It reflects light from the sun

• It absorbs light from the sun