Space Vocab Quiz

What is a satellite?

• A body that orbits a planet

• Chunks of rock or dust from space

• A streak of light produced when a small object burns up entering Earth's atmosphere

• Cold mixture of dust and ice that gives off a long trail of light as it approaches the sun

What are meteoroids?

• A body that orbits a planet

• Chunks of rock or dust from space

• A streak of light produced when a small object burns up entering Earth's atmosphere

• Cold mixture of dust and ice that gives off a long trail of light as it approaches the sun

What are meteors commonly known as?

• A body that orbits a planet

• Chunks of rock or dust from space

• A streak of light produced when a small object burns up entering Earth’s atmosphere

• Cold mixture of dust and ice that gives off a long trail of light as it approaches the sun

What describes a comet?

• A body that orbits a planet

• Chunks of rock or dust from space

• A streak of light produced when a small object burns up entering Earth's atmosphere

• Cold mixture of dust and ice that gives off a long trail of light as it approaches the sun

What term describes the different shapes of the moon as seen from Earth?

• Umbra

• Penumbra

• Lunar eclipse

• Phases

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Which term refers to the very darkest part of the moon's shadow?

• Phases

• Penumbra

• Umbra

• Lunar eclipse

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What is the term for the large part of the shadow that is less dark than the umbra?

• Umbra

• Phases

• Lunar eclipse

• Penumbra

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When does a lunar eclipse occur?

• When the moon is closest to the Earth

• When the Earth is between the moon and the sun

• When the moon is between the Earth and the sun

• When the Earth is directly between the moon and the sun

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What is the term for the imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles?

• Axis

• Rotation

• Orbit

• Revolution

What describes the spinning of Earth on its axis?

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Axis

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