Earth/Sun
What creates day and night?
What is Earth's rotation on it's axis
What keeps the moon in the Earth's orbit?
Gravity and inertia, the same as what keeps the Earth in the sun's orbit.
How many stars do we have in our Solar System?
What is ONE STAR- the Sun.
What is the first planet from the Sun?
What is Mercury?
What is found between Mars and Jupiter?
What it the ASTEROID BELT?
Why do we have seasons?
Earth is tilted on its axis and revolves around the sun.
Which Moon phase has the most reflected light?
What is the FULL MOON?
What is the approximate size of our Sun?
Small, medium, or large?
What is MEDIUM.
Name the two planets that do not have moons.
What are Mercury and Venus.
Which of the two has an icy tail?
Asteroid or Comet
What is a COMET.
What is the first day of the Winter solstice?
What is Dec. 21-22.
Why does the moon look bright?
The moon reflects light from the Sun.
What is the approximate age of our Sun?
Young, Medium, old?
What is MEDIUM age.
Which planet is the largest planet?
What is Jupiter?
What is the name and shape of our Galaxy?
What is MILKY WAY GALAXY AND BARRED SPIRAL.
Why does the sun look like the brightest star in the sky even though it is not the biggest?
It is the closest star to our planet,
Surprise Gravity Question!!! Why do objects, when dropped, fall "Down" on Earth?
Objects fall down because the mass of the Earth is larger than all of the objects on its surface. With gravity, the larger the mass, the stronger the gravitational pull, so all smaller objects are pulled "down" towards the much larger Earth..
How do Solar Flares harm us?
Particles come flying towards Earth from solar flare eruptions -- this can create disturbance in radio waves, satellite signals and can create auroras.
They disrupt our satellites and communication systems.
Name the sentence and the correct order of planets from the Sun.
MY VERY EDUCATED MOTHER JUST SERVED US NACHOS.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune
What is a star picture, in the sky, called?
What is a CONSTELLATION?
What the longest day of the year called? It occurs on June 21st.
What is the SUMMER SOLSTICE.
Why do we call a moon? Classified as a _________.
Not a planet, not a star...
What is a SATELLITE?
What is hotter?
Sun, Red Giant, Blue Star?
Name the planets that have rings.
What is JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE.
What planet might your generation explore and live on someday?
What is MARS.