Unit 2 ESS Vocab

what occurs when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and Earth and casts a shadow on part of the Earth

• solar eclipse
• aphelion
• synchronous rotation

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What occurs twice yearly (March & September) when the sun is directly above the Earth's equator, and the number of daylight hours are equal to the number of nighttime hours, worldwide?

• equinox
• asteroid
• solstice

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What occurs twice yearly (June & December) when the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator?

• solstice
• ellipse
• solar eclipse

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What is elongated, closed curve with two foci called?

• ellipse
• comet
• rotation

What is earth-centered model of the solar system called?

• geocentric model
• equinox
• revolution

What is sun-centered model of the solar system called?

• heliocentric model
• geocentric model
• Perihelion

What is mass of dust, rock particles, frozen water, methane, and ammonia that travels through space and develops a bright, distictive tail of light as it approaches the Sun and is pushed on by the solar wind ?

• comet
• Giant Impact Theory
• Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation

What is rocky solar system objects of widely varying size usually found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in an area called the asteroid belt called?

• asteroid
• heliocentric model
• meteoroid

What is other rocky solar system objects formed from pieces of comets and asteroids called?

• meteoroid
• Kepler's 1st Law of Planetary Motion
• Kepler's 2nd Law of Planetary Motion

Because of the timing of Earths rotation & revolution, the same side of the moon is always facing the Earth?

• synchronous rotation
• Kepler's 2nd Law of Planetary Motion
• Kepler's 3rd Law of Planetary Motion

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