Planets/Earth
Sun/Moon
Inner Planets
Seasons
Outer Planets
100
Name all the planets in order starting from the planet closest to the sun.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
100
True or false: The sun is the largest star in our galaxy.
What is true.
100
Name the inner planets.
What is The four smaller inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
100
Explain what causes day and night.
What is the earths tilt.
100
Name the outer planets.
What is What is Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and Jupiter.
200
What is the imaginary line that the Earth rotates on?
What is the Earth's axis.
200
Does the moon rotate?
What is no.
200
What planet has had a 300 year old storm.
What is Jupiter.
200
What season are we in if the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun?
What is summer.
200
The outer planets are also known as?
What is Gas Giants.
300
A tool that makes objects in space seem closer and larger is called a ...?
What is telescope.
300
True or false, the sun rotates around the planets.
What is no, the planets rotate around the sun.
300

Name 2 characteristics of mars.

Thin atmosphere, cold, large volcano, 2 moons.

300
When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is when the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.
300
Daily Double!!
Free 300 points.
400
How long does one rotation on Earth’s axis take?
What is one day or 24 hours.
400

What is a solar eclipse?

What is the sun is obscured by the moon

400

Daily Double!!!

Free 400 Points.

400

Think about the seasons you are currently in. Is the Earth tilted toward or away from the sun?

What is twards.

400
Name the other planets with rings.
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
500
How long does it take for Earth to complete one full revolution around the Sun?
What is one year or 365 days.
500
Name the phases of the moon.
What is First Quarter, Waxing Crescent, New Moon, Waning Crescent, Third Quarter, Waning Gibbous, Full, Waxing Gibbous.
500
The inner planets are mainly made up of what?
What is rocks.
500
If it is fall in the northern hemisphere, what season is it on the southern hemisphere?
What is spring.
500

Why is pluto not considered a planet?

What is no, because it doesn't pass the IAU test. (the planet is too small).

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