SPACESHIP EARTH TEST

TOTAL ECLIPSE

An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon is at its farthest point from the earth during a ___________________

MERCURY VENUS EARTH MARS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE

Choose the correct order of plants:

THE EARTH

During a lunar eclipse, the moon appears to be darkened because _____________________ is casting a shadow on it

HELIUM

In the sun, hydrogen is converted to __________________ through nuclear fusion

PRIME MERIDIAN

Longitude is the distance measured in degrees from the ________________________

SOLAR ECLIPSE

Since the moon is so small in size in relation to the earth, only a small area of planet earth will see a:

ATOMIC PARTICLES

Solar flares produce x-rays, radio waves and clouds of ____________________

SUNSET

The ancient Jews began their day at:

23 1/2 DEGREES

The earth is tilted on its axis at an angle of ________________

99

The sun contains ____________________ percent of the mass of the solar system

25 DAYS 9 HOURS

The sun rotates on its axis once every:

UNITED STATES

There are four time zones in the continental United States

COMETS

bright objects with a nucleus, come and tail

ORBIT

curving path that a moving body takes around another body in space

UMBRA

dark center of a shadow

7,900 MILES

diameter of earth at Poles

METEORITES

fall to earth

PENUMBRA

lighter outer region of a shadow

595 MILLION MILES

one orbit of earth around sun

ECLIPSE

partial obscuring or darkening of one body by another

ELLIPSE

shape of earth's orbital path around sun

METEORS

shooting stars

ASTEROIDS

thousands of "small planets" orbiting the sun

101,000

"Spaceship Earth" travels about _____________________ miles per hour in its journey around the center of the Milky Way

TRUE

A fact is something that has been proven to be ___________

UMBRAL SHADOW

A total solar eclipse is seen by people living in the path of the ____________________