Solar System
___________ is a cloudy planet and is the eighth planet from the sun.
What is Neptune
The moon does not make its own light. True or false
True
When a planet is moving on its own axis, this is called? (like a spinning top)
What is rotation.
___________ is the largest planet in our Solar System, it is know as "The Gas Giant" It is the fifth planet from the sun.
What is Jupiter
How long does it take the moon to orbit the Earth?
29 days/ a month
In class when we modeled using the globe and flashlight... we were demonstrating what?
What is day and night
____________ Is the is the sixth planet from the sun, and the second largest planet in our Solar System.
What is Saturn
How many phases of the moon are there
_____ is the center of our Solar System?
What is the sun
_______ is the most well known dwarf planet.
What is Pluto
____________ Is the only planet that spins on its side and is the seventh planet from the sun.
What is Uranus
Waxing moon phases appear...
Waning moon phases appear...
Waxing- appears to get larger
Waning- appears to get smaller
Why does the sun appear to be so much larger compared to the other stars?
What is, it is the closest star to Earth.
The sun is composed of a great burning ball of gases. The sun is only one of millions and millions of stars in the Galaxy. True or False
What is True
_______ has the great red spot.
What is Jupiter
This is the phase of the moon you see just before a new moon, when only a thin sliver is visible on the left side.
Waning crescent
Why do we have 365 days in one year?
What is the earth revolves around the sun in about 365 days.