Planets
Moon
Vocab
Rotation Revolution
Surprise
100
Which planet is the 5th from the sun?
What is Jupiter
100
What does Waxing and Waning mean
Moon is getting brighter, moon is dimming
100
What is a star?
What is a hot mass made of gas that radiates energy
100
What does rotation mean?
What is spinning on an axis
100
What separates the inner and outer planets ?
What is the asteroid belt
200
Name the four inner planets
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
200
How much of the full moon can you see and why?
What is 100% because all sunlight is being reflected back to Earth
200
What is a family of planets revolving around a star called?
What is a solar system ?
200
What does revolution mean?
What is going around the sun
200
What is the tilt of the Earth ? How great is it?
What is Earth's axis and 23.5 degrees
300
Name the four outer planets
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
300
How much of the new moon can we see and why?
What is non because no sunlight is being reflected to Earth
300
What is a family of solar systems called?
What is a galaxy
300
How long does rotation take ?
What is 24 hours, 1 day
300
What force keeps everything in orbit?
What is gravity
400
Which planets are terrestrial
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
400
What phase comes between waxing crescent and waxing gibbous?
What is 1st quarter, waxing quarter
400
A planets is a ___________________
What is a celestial body orbiting a star
400
How long does revolution take?
What is 365 days, 1 year
400
How long does the moon take to orbit Earth ?
What is 29.5 days
500
Name the jovian planets
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
500
What phase comes after full moon ?
What is waning gibbous
500
What is a moon ?
What is a celestial body orbiting a planet
500
What do rotation and revolution cause on Earth?
What is day and night and seasons
500
The northern hemisphere is having winter, what season is the southern hemisphere having? Why?
What is summer because the southern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun and the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.
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