Space Notes 2

1. Moon Phases
a. The _______ lights up the _________.
b. The phase depends on the position of the______, the________
and the _______.
c. The phases of the Moon from a New Moon to a Full Moon are:
a. New Moon
b. _________ crescent
c. first _____________
d. waxing __________
e. ___________ Moon
d. The phases from a Full moon to a New Moon are:
a. Full Moon
b. _________ gibbous
c. _________ quarter
d. waning _________
e. _______ _______
e. We only see ______ side of the _______. Why?
a. ____________ ____________
i. The Moon ROTATES about its axis at the same rate that it REVOLVES
around the Earth.
2. Eclipses
a. There are _______ types of eclipses:
i. _________ and __________
b. __________ eclipses happen when the ________ moves between the Sun
and __________.
c. Lunar ___________ happen when the ________ moves between the
_________ and the Moon.
d. How many solar and lunar eclipses per year on average? ________
3. The Lives of Stars
a. The average star goes through three stages before it becomes a white
_________.
i. an average star turns into a _______ ________, then into a Planetary
_________, and then a white dwarf star.
b. A massive star goes through 3 stages before it becomes either a
_________ ________, or a ________ _______.

i.

a massive star turns into a ______ ____________ before it turns into a

Super _________, and then can become either a Neutron Star or a Black
Hole.