Galaxies
The Moon
The Planets
Motion
Seasons
100
These three things make up galaxies
What are stars, gas, dust
100
This is why the moon appears to move across the sky during the night.
What is Earth rotates on its axis?
100
These planets are large and made of gases.
What is the four outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto
100
This is one spin on axis
What is rotation? (day)
100
This is why the air temperature rises in the summer.
What is the suns rays are more direct and the days are longer?
200
Distances in space are measured using light years because of this.
What is distances are so great that a large unit is needed?
200
When the moon changes, it appears to change
What is shape?
200
The mnemonic way of remembering the order of the planets.
My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas
200
This is one trip around an object.
What is revolution?
200
This is why the Southern Hemisphere has winter while the Northern Hemisphere has summer.
What is the tilt of the earths axis?
300
This is the difference between asteroids and meteroids.
What is asteroids are made of metal and meteoroids are made of rock?
300
This is how the Earth, Moon, and Sun move around one another.
What is Moon revolves around Earth, Earth revolves around the Sun.
300
These planets have rings.
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus.
300
This force keeps objects together in space, and the planets in orbit.
What is gravity?
300
This is when Earth is closest to the sun.
What is January?
400
Giant dirty snowballs
What is comets?
400
The order of objects creating this phase of the moon is: Moon, Earth, Sun
What is full moon?
400
Objects that have more mass also have more..
What is gravity?
400
This is responsible for seasons on Earth.
What is the tilt of the Earth as it spins on it's axis?
400
Utah has the most daylight hours in this month.
What is June?
500
Astronomical objects ranked from smallest to largest.
What is Earth, Sun, Solar System, Galaxy, and Universe?
500
This causes the apparent movement of objects across the sky during a day or night on Earth.
What is rotation of Earth on its axis?
500
Planets revolve around this.
What is a star or sun?
500
This is the shape that all planets orbit the sun.
What is ellipse?
500
This is the month where the sun's light would strike Utah at the lowest angle.
What is December?
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