Solar System & Gravity
Rotation & Revolution
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Lunar Phases & Eclipses
Seasons
100
The largest of these: solar system, universe, moon, galaxy, planet
universe
100
This causes our days & nights.
Earth's rotation on its axis
100
What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Venus
100
This word describes the visible light of the moon increasing.
waxing
100
What two things (aside from sunlight) cause our seasons?
Earth's tilt & Earth's revolution around the sun
200
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune are ________ planets.
gas
200
This causes our years.
Earth's revolution around the Sun
200
This space probe constantly plays a Golden Record of songs recorded by humans on Earth.
Voyager
200
This word describes the visible light of the moon decreasing.
waning
200
What planet has no seasons?
Mercury
300
What is the difference between a moon and a planet?
Moons have less gravity, and revolve around planets. Planets have more gravity, and revolve around the sun.
300
This causes our months.
The Moon's revolution around the Earth
300
What does the planet Uranus smell like?
Cow farts
300
What causes us to see lunar phases?
The Moon's revolution around the Earth
300
Which number represents summer in Papua New Guinea (southern hemisphere)?
1
400
Why do the planets in our solar system revolve around the sun and not each other?
The sun has the most mass and, therefore, the most gravity.
400
The motion of a planet moving around the sun.
orbit/revolution
400
How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system?
5
400
How many days exist between a waxing crescent and a waxing gibbous?
7
400
Which number represents fall in Eugene?
4
500
If you jumped with the same force on Mars and Jupiter (on a hovering platform), on which one would you be able to jump higher?
Mars, it has less gravity than Jupiter. So you would be able to jump higher.
500
How many days would be in our year if the Earth revolved around the sun at half the speed?
730 1/2
500
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. Explain why this could happen.
Venus revolves around the sun faster than it rotates on its axis.
500
Explain why we don't see the moon in the New Moon phase.
The half of the moon that is lit up by the sun is not visible on Earth.
500
Which number represents springtime in Australia?
2