Planets
What two categories are the planets divided into
Inner and Outer Planets
What does the moon do around the Earth?
Orbit
How long does it take for the earth to rotate one time?
24 hours
What is the name of the galaxy we live in?
Milky Way
What tool do we use to look into space?
Telescope
Which Planet is the furthest from the sun?
Neptune
Which phase of the moon is it when the side facing us is completely dark?
New Moon
What is it called when Earth goes in an orbit around the sun?
Revolution
What is the closest star to the Earth?
The Sun
Which planet has a day that lasts about 5,000 hours?
Venus
Which planet is known as the red planet?
Mars
What type of eclipse is it when the moon appears to completely cover the sun?
Solar Eclipse
How long does it take the Earth to orbit the sun?
365 days
How long does it take for the moon to go through all 8 phases?
29.5 days
The Earth can orbit the sun in a little over a year. Where does the extra .3 of a day go to?
Leap year
Which planet has an average temperature of about -320F
Uranus
The tides
What is Earth's tilt on its axis responsible for?
The seasons
This planet has 95 moons
Jupiter
If a hemisphere is tilted away from the sun what type of temperature would you expect and would the days be shorter or longer?
Colder and shorter days
Which Planet has 146 moons?
Saturn
Which phase of the moon comes after a full moon?
Waning (decreasing) Gibbous
If the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, what season/seasons would you likely experience?
Spring/Summer
What is another name for an object that orbits a planet?
Satellite
This type of eclipses occurs when the Earth passes between the sun and the moon.
Lunar Eclipse