ROTATE vs REVOLVE
What takes 365 days (1 year)?
Revolution.
What planet is most famous for its rings?
Saturn.
What is the order of the seasons?
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
How many moon phases are there?
Eight (8).
What tool did Galileo make better to see the moon?
A telescope.
What takes 24 hours?
Rotation.
What is the only planet known for having organic life?
Earth.
What is the main reason for the seasons?
The Earth's axial tilt.
Does the Earth go around the moon, or the moon go around the Earth?
The moon goes around (orbits) the Earth.
What is geocentric?
The term for Earth being the center of the solar system.
What is it when the Earth spins on its axis?
Rotate.
What planet is known as Earth's sister planet?
Venus.
How long does it take for one full cycle of the seasons?
365 days (1 year).
When the moon is in between the Earth and the sun, what phase is it?
New Moon.
What is heliocentric?
The term for the sun being the center of the solar system.
What is it when the Earth orbits the sun?
Revolve.
What planet is known as the red planet?
Mars.
If the Southern Hemisphere is leaning towards the sun, what season are they having?
Summer.
Waxing or waning? When the light is on the right, it is...?
Waxing.
Which Apollo mission learned a lot about the moon?
Apollo 11.
What causes day and night?
Rotation.
What phrase (mnemonic) helps remember the planet order from Largest to Smallest?
Just Sing Until Noon Every Voice Makes Melodies.
If the Northern Hemisphere is having Fall, what is the Southern Hemisphere having?
Spring.
What moon phase is when the moon has exactly half light on the left side, it is...?
Third quarter / Last quarter.
What did Ptolemy and Aristotle wrongly believe was at the center of our solar system for over 1500 years?
Earth.