Moon
Earth
Stars
Eclipse
Seasons
100
When the Moon looks like a half-circle.
What is first quarter or last quarter?
100
The spinning of the Earth on its axis.
What is rotation?
100
A medium-sized star nearest the Earth.
What is the Sun?
100
When an object gets between the Sun and another object in space.
What is an eclipse?
100
This causes the seasons to change.
What is the tilt of the Earth on its axis?
200
When you can't see the Moon because the Sun is not shining on it at all.
What is New Moon?
200
The Earth rotating on its axis causes this.
What is day & night?
200
A pattern of stars in the sky.
What is a constellation?
200
When the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow.
What is lunar eclipse?
200
This is a clue that the Earth is moving.
What is the changing seasons?
300
This is why the Moon stays in its orbit around the Earth.
What is the force of gravity?
300
This keeps the Earth revolving around the Sun.
What is the force of gravity?
300
A nickname for Polaris.
What is the North Star?
300
Solar eclipse
What is when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth and blocks out the sunlight?
300
The season with shorter daylight hours.
What is winter?
400
The same side of the Moon.
Which side always faces Earth?
400
This is why you can't feel the Earth moving.
What is that the Earth is moving steadily and smoothly?
400
Near the equator, the stars appear to move this direction in the sky at night.
What is east to west?
400
This only happens 2 to 5 times a year.
What is a solar eclipse?
400
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun.
What is summer?
500
This is why we see different phases of the Moon each month.
What is as the sun shines on different parts of the Moon we see the lighted parts.
500
This causes shadows to change length and position during the day.
What is the Earth's rotation & the Sun shining on objects at different angles?
500
Near the North pole, the stars appear to move like this.
What is in a circle around the North Star?
500
This kind of eclipse can last as long as 100 minutes.
What is a lunar eclipse?
500
This is why the weather is warmer and the days are longer in the summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the Northern Hemisphere is getting more direct sunlight?
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