1. What is another name for the “inner planets?” Terrestrial

2. Which planets are more dense, the inner or outer? Inner

3. Which planet do the Galilean Moons belong to? Jupiter

4. Where is Pluto located? In the Kuiper Belt

5. What objects are leftover debris from the formation of the solar system and have pitted, irregular surfaces? Asteroids

6. What is debris that enters Earth’s atmosphere and burns up? Meteor

7. What is debris that does not burn up and collides with the ground? Meteorite

8. What moon phases will occur when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are lined up? Full and New Moon

9. What kind of tides have a small tidal range? Neap Tides

10. What kind of tides have the greatest tidal range? Spring Tides

11. What are small icy bodies with highly eccentric orbits around the Sun? Comets

12. Why do comets have a 2 nd tail? Solar wind

13. Where does a comet’s gas tail point? Away from the Sun

14. Where are the 2 clusters of comets? Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud

15. During what moon phases do spring tides occur? New and Full

16. What moon phase will occur between the first quarter and full moon? Waxing Gibbous

17. During what moon phase can a solar eclipse occur? New Moon

18. During which moon phases do neap tides occur? 1 st and 3 rd quarter

19. During what moon phase can a lunar eclipse occur? Full Moon

20. What is the most widely accepted model for the origin of the Moon? Giant Impact Theory

21. We always see the same side of the Moon because the orbital and rotational periods are the same. What is the name of this movement? Synchronous Rotation

22. The Earth is closest to the Sun during what month? January

23. When it is summer in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere? Winter

24. What planet has essentially no atmosphere? Mercury

25. Which space missions involved landing on the Moon? Apollo

26. What is it called when the northern hemisphere experiences the longest period of daylight? Summer Solstice (~June 21)

27. What occurs when the Sun is directly over the equator and there are equal amounts of daylight and darkness? Equinoxes

28. What is the name of the spring equinox? Vernal Equinox (~March 21)

29. What is this spacecraft and why is it important? The space shuttle. It is reusable.

30. What planet has a thin atmosphere consisting mostly of CO2 Mars

31. Where are the brightest stars plotted on an H-R Diagram? Top

32. Where are the hottest stars plotted on an H-R Diagram? Left

33. Identify what type of stars would be found at each location on the HR diagram

34. A) Main Sequence B) (Red) Giants C) (Red) Supergiants D) White Dwarfs