Planets
Differences
earth
100

Which Planet is closet to The sun?

Mercury

100

What is a galaxy made out of?

Huge group of stars, gas, dust, and planets

100

what causes day and night?

The Rotation of Earth

200

Which planet has confirmed life on it?

(no Mars doesn’t count)

earth

200

What is a star made out of?

Giant ball of hot glowing gas that makes its own light

200

What is the difference between rotation and revolution?

Rotation: A spin on Earth’s Axis. (24 hours)

Revolution: One full orbit around the Sun. (365 days = 1 year)

300

How can you remember your planets?

My Very Excited Mother Just Served Us Nachos

300

What is a planet

Large object that orbits a star and does not make its own light

300

What is the Moon’s shape during a full moon?

Full Moon!

400

What is the sun classified as

star

400

What is a comet?

Made of ice, dust, and rock. They can grow long glowing tails near the Sun.

400

What is a tilt

  • It causes the seasons.
  • It changes how much sunlight places get during the year.
500

What galaxy do we live on?

Milky way galaxy

500

what is an asteroid?

Rocky objects orbiting the Sun, mostly in the asteroid belt.

500

Why do the phases of the moon matter?

  • Help cause ocean tides (with Earth’s gravity and the Moon’s gravity).
  • Influence nighttime light.
  • Some animals use moon phases for behavior and migration
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