Sun/Earth/Seasons
This gives us light, heat, and energy to plants
What is the Sun?
It does or does not have its own light
What is DOES NOT?
The dwarf planet
What is Pluto?
The biggest planet
What is Jupiter?
The "Great Bear" and "Little Bear"
What is the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper?
When Earth is FACING the Sun
What is Daytime?
Gravity: small or large amount
What is SMALL amount?
Name one of the 4 closest planets that are made of rocky materials
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars?
The "red planet"
What is Mars?
Little rocks from outer space that catch on fire and fall through air
What are Meteors or Shooting Stars?
The amount of time it takes for Earth to orbit the Sun
What is 1 year or 365 days?
The moon's _____________ is rocky and dusty
What is Surface?
Name one of the 4 "Gas Giants"
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune?
Planet that is very hot and has many clouds with acid rain
What is Venus?
Very small rocks (like grains of sand) in outer space
What are Meteoroids?
The number of days or hours it takes for Earth to rotate
What is 1 day or 24 hours?
Bowl-shaped mark made when a rock from outer space hits the ground
What is a Crater?
Frozen gases and rock particles that orbit around the Sun
What are Comets?
This planet has many rings
What is Saturn?
Meteors that do NOT burn all the way and hit/touch Earth
What are Meteorites?
The imaginary line going through Earth
What is the Axis?
These are things that can orbit a planet
What are Satellites?
Big rocks in outer space that orbit around the Sun
What are Asteroids?
This planet looks like the Moon
What is Mercury?
Patterns made by stars in the sky; many have names and stories
What are Constellations?