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Cards in this set: Term What is a solar eclipse? Definition The shadow of the moon falls on the Earth. The order of the bodies are:  Sun, Moon, Earth. Term Describe a lunar eclipse? Definition The shadow of the Earth falls on the moon.  The order of the bodies are:  Sun, Earth, Moon. Term What is the name of the Earth's moon? Definition Luna Term What color does the moon look during an eclipse? Definition red Term What are the moon phases? Definition Term How many days does it take for the moon to go around the Earth? Definition 28 days Term What causes moon phases? Definition The moon's changing position as it orbits Earth Term What is a waxing moon? Definition The sunlit portion of the moon is getting larger. Term What is a waning moon? Definition The sunlit portion of the moon is getting smaller. Term What causes the tides on the Earth? Definition The pull of the moon on the Earth's oceans. Term Do you ever see the oposite side of the moon from the Earth? Definition NO! Term What makes up an ion tail of a comet? Definition Electrically charged  gas particles. Term What direction does a comet's tail always point? Definition Away from the sun. Term Definition Term How can meteriods be classified? Definition stony, stony-metallic, metallic Term What makes up the solar system? Definition The Sun, Earth, ateroids, meteoroids, and the seven other planets. Term List the planets in order from the Sun... My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos... Definition Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Term List the terrestrial planets... Definition Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars Term List the gas giants... Definition Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Term What type of galaxie do we live in? Definition Spiral Term Describe inner planets. Definition terrestrial, rocky, dense, low mass Term Describe outer planets. Definition Gaseous, high mass Term What is a galaxy? Definition It usually contains billions of stars in a space much larger that our solar system. Term What is a constellation? Definition A pattern of stars in a region of the sky. Term What are asteroids? Definition Small, rocky bodies that revolve around the sun between Mars and Jupiter. Term What are meteriods? Definition The smallest, rocky and metallic bodies that travel through space. Term Describe the general shape of a spiral galaxie. Definition Cinnamon bun or hurrican shape Term Definition