The Sun, Moon, and Stars Flashcards

Kindergarten · Science · Flashcards

Review key space vocabulary about the sun, moon, and stars with these Kindergarten flashcards.

Flashcards

Sun: Earth's nearest star — a giant hot ball of gas that gives us light and heat.
Moon: Earth's natural satellite — a rocky ball that orbits Earth and reflects sunlight.
Star: A giant ball of hot glowing gas far away in space.
Orbit: The path an object takes as it travels around another object in space.
Phase: The changing shapes of the moon we see from Earth during a month.
Full moon: When the entire lit side of the moon is visible from Earth.
Crescent moon: A thin curved sliver of the moon that we can see.
Constellation: A group of stars that form a recognizable pattern in the night sky.
Astronomer: A scientist who studies space, stars, planets, and other objects in the universe.
Telescope: A tool that makes faraway objects appear closer — used to study stars and planets.
Reflect: To bounce light off a surface — the moon reflects sunlight.
Solar system: Our sun and all the planets, moons, and objects that orbit it.