Planets
What are the names of the outer planets?
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What is a star?
What is a burning ball of gas.
About how long does it take for the moon to go through its phases?
What does waxing mean?
When the moon appears to grow.
What are the names of the inner planets?
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
True or False The sun is the largest object in our solar system.
What is True
Which moon phases is between the sun and the Earth?
New moon
Which phase has a half moon and is lit up on the left?
Third or Last Quarter
What separates the inner planets and the outer planets?
The asteroid belt
Why do some stars appear brighter than others?
Some stars are closer to the Earth, causing them to appear brighter.
Which phase has a moon that is more than half and the moon is lit up on the right?
Waxing Gibbous
How long is one revolution of the Earth?
What is 365 days or 1 year.
What does gibbous mean?
What are similarities between stars and planets.
What is they are both spheres. They both can have satellites. Both come in different sizes and colors.
Why do moon phases occur?
The moon reflects light from the sun as the moon orbits the Earth.
Why is the earth different from the other planets?
What is The earth is a liquid planet. The earth is covered with water.
What are 3 differences between stars and planets?
-stars make their own light, planets do not
-stars are much larger than planets
-planets orbit stars, stars do not orbit
-stars are made out of gases, planets are made out of solids, liquids, gases
-stars give off light, planets reflect light