Planets
Vocabulary
Day and Night
Patterns of Stars
The Sun and other Stars
100
What are the nine objects that orbit around the sun called?
What are planets?
100
What is a large, solid object that travels around a star?
What is a planet?
100
What does 24 hour measure?
What is one day?
100
What is a pattern of stars that look like certain objects called?
What is a constellation?
100
What are huge balls of hot gases?
What are stars?
200
What is the only planet that has living things as we know them?
What is Earth?
200
What are tiny objects in the solar system that are made up of rocks and metal?
What are asteroids and/or comets?
200
How many days are in a earth year?
What is 365?
200
The Big Dipper is part of a bigger constellation called?
What is Ursa Major?
200
What star is nearest to Earth?
What is the sun?
300
Name one of the inner planets.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars?
300
What is the imaginary line around the center of the earth?
What is the equator?
300
What is it called when 1 day is added to every four years?
What is a leap year?
300
Name one of the constellations.
What is Scorpio, Cancer, or Pieces?
300
What are the hot gases stars are made up of called?
What are hydrogen and helium?
400
Name one of the outer planets.
What is Jupiter or Saturn?
400
What is the pattern of a group of stars called?
What is a constellation?
400
What month has an extra day?
What is February?
400
What constellation is the "little bear" part of?
What is Ursa Minor?
400
What does the sun give Earth
What is heat and light?
500
What is our solar system?
What are the nine planets that move in an orbit around the sun?
500
What is the force that holds planets in orbit?
What is gravity?
500
What causes day to switch to night?
What is the rotation of the earth?
500
How come some constellations can only be seen at certain times of the year?
Why is because the Earth travels around the sun?
500
Why is the sun very important to Earth?
Why would there be no life on earth without it?
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