Movements of the Sun, Earth, and Moon
The Moon
Planets
Stars
Vocabulary
100
The Earth completes a full orbit around this once a year. (Slide 9)
What is the Sun?
100
The moon is Earth's only natural this. (Slide 13)
What is a satellite?
100
The number of planets in our solar system. (Slide 5)
What is eight?
100
Patterns in the stars. (Slide 12)
What are constellations?
100
A complete spin on an axis. (Slide 3)
What is rotation?
200
It takes this long for Earth to make one rotation on its axis. (Slide 9)
What is one day or 24 hours?
200
The Moon's gravity affects these on Earth. (Slide 8)
What are tides?
200
The largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
200
This causes the apparent motion of the stars. (Slide 12)
What is Earth's rotation?
200
One complete trip of one object around another object. (Slide 3)
What is a revolution?
300
The Northern Hemisphere has this season when it is tilted toward the Sun. (Slide 10)
What is summer?
300
When the moon appears to be getting larger. (Slide 13)
What is a waxing moon?
300
The inner planets are also known as these types of planets. (Slide 5)
What is rocky?
300
This constellation contains Polaris, the North Star.
What is the Little Dipper or Ursa Minor?
300
The path one object takes around another object (i.e. the path the moon takes around the Earth). (Slide 2)
What is an orbit?
400
Earth is the closest to the sun during these 2 seasons. (Slide 10)
What are spring and fall?
400
When the moon appears to get smaller. (Slide 13)
What is a waning moon?
400
The outer planets are also known as these type of planets. (Slide 5)
What is gaseous?
400
This constellation appears in the winter and you can usually see the three stars that make up the belt.
What is Orion?
400
The force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass. (Slide 3)
What is gravity?
500
Planets are not pulled into the Sun because of these 2 reasons. (Slide 7)
What are inertia and gravity?
500
This moon is lit on the right half and dark on the left half. (Slide 14)
What is the First Quarter Moon?
500
The mnemonic device (or saying) used to remember the order of the planets. (Slide 5)
What is My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos?
500
This constellation looks like a W or an upside down crown.
What is Cassiopeia?
500
The tendency of an object to keep moving in a straight line. (Slide 3)
What is inertia?
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