The Moon
The Planets
The Sun
The Earth
Asteroids, Meteors, Comets
100
occurs when the moon is positioned between the earth and sun
What is the new moon
100
This is the closest planet to the sun.
What Mercury?
100
The sun is one of more than a billion in our galaxy.
What is a star?
100
The Earth is this far from the Sun.
What is the third?
100
These are objects compoased mostly of ice and dust that grow tails when they approach the sun.
What is a comet?
200
when the earth, moon, and sun are in alignment but the moon is on the opposite side of the earth
What is the full moon?
200
This is the largest planet.
What is Jupiter?
200
The Sun is also called this star.
What is ordinary?
200
The Earth was this goddess in Roman Mythology.
What is Tellus?
200
These are the small rocky object in the Solar System.
What is an asteroid?
300
another name for the first and third quarter moon
What is the half moon?
300
This planet has is the most circular of all planets
What is Venus?
300
The Greeks call the Sun this.
What is Helios?
300
Earth can be studied with this aid.
What is a spacecraft?
300
The name of the largest asteroid.
What is Ceres?
400
After the new moon, the sunlit portion is increasing, but less than half
What is waxing crescent?
400
The planet larger in mass than Uranus
What is Neptune?
400
The Romans call the Sun this.
What is Sol?
400
This part of the Earth varies in thickness.
What is the crust?
400
These are the short white trails across the sky also called shooting stars.
What is meteor?
500
after the first quart, the sunlit portion is still increasing, but now it is more than half
What is waxing gibbous?
500
This is no longer considered a planet.
What Pluto?
500
The Sun's power is produced by these reactions.
What is nuclear fusion?
500
The mass is located in this part of the Earth.
What is the mantle?
500
When a small rock falls through the atmosphere causing extremely bright and colorful streaks across the sky.
What is a fireball?
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