Planets
Our Moon
Eclipses
Earth's Motion
Misc.
100
Planet closest to the Sun
What is Mercury?
100
Our moon is also a natural ____________ because it obits a planet
What is Satellite?
100
This eclipse happens when the Moon moves directly between the Earth and the Sun
What is a Solar Eclipse?
100
Number of days it takes for the Earth to orbit the Sun once
What is 365 1/4 days?
100
Pluto and Eris are examples of these
What are Dwarf Planets?
200
Largest Planet in our Solar System
What is Jupiter?
200
The light we see from the moon is reflected from this
What is the Sun?
200
Time of day that we can see a Lunar Eclipse
What is Night time?
200
Term for the day of the year when we get the most sunlight hours
What is the Summer Solstice?
200
Large, irregular shaped rocky or metallic objects that orbit the Sun
What are Asteroids?
300
Hottest planet in our Solar System
What is Venus?
300
Phase of the moon when we see no light
What is a New Moon
300
Color that the moon looks during a Lunar Eclipse?
What is Reddish?
300
The reason we have day and night
What is Earth's Rotation on its Axis?
300
Bodies of ice and frozen gas that orbit from far beyond Neptune to near the Sun
What are Comets?
400
Planet with the longest orbit in our Solar System
What is Neptune?
400
Term for the moon appearing to get bigger each night
What is Waxing?
400
Layer of gas around the Sun during a Solar Eclipse
What is the Corona?
400
Term for the two days a year when we have exactly 12 hours of sunlight
What are Autumnal Equinox and Vernal Equinox?
400
Term for the shape of Earth's orbit around the Sun
What is an Elliptical Orbit?
500
Two planets closest to Earth
What are Venus and Mars?
500
Time is takes for the moon to make one orbit around Earth
What is 29 1/2 days?
500
Total amount of time a Lunar Eclipse lasts for
What is 100 Minutes?
500
The two reasons that we have seasons on Earth
What is Earth's tilt on its Axis and Earth's orbit?
500
Meteoroids that enter Earth's atmosphere and are also called shooting stars
What are Meteors?
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