Planets
This planet is the 3rd from the Sun.
What is Earth?
Orbits the Earth while Earth orbits the Sun
What is the moon?
A diary or letter written about the Revolutionary War by a person who lived through it
What is a primary source or firsthand account?
The star that does not appear to move in the night sky.
What is Polaris (or the North Star or Pole Star)?
Instrument an astronomer is most likely to use
What is a telescope?
The planets with rocky surfaces
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars?
Has a rocky surface, water, and an atmosphere
What is Earth?
An informational book written about the Revolutionary War
What is a secondary source or second-hand account?
A picture formed by stars in the night sky
What is a constellation?
Navigation tool used to find the direction relative to Earth's surface
The planet with the most moons
What is Jupiter?
A characteristic that the Earth and Moon share
What is a rocky surface?
A plant that produces seeds in cones or spores in order to reproduce
The constellation that can be located by finding the three stars that make its belt
What is Orion?
Instrument that gathers more light than the human eye and allows objects to be seen over long distances
What is a telescope?
The planets with gaseous surfaces
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
The Sun's impact on Earth
What is providing light and heat?
The part of the water cycle where gas condenses into tiny droplets to form clouds
What is condensation?
The constellation that contains Polaris (North Star)
What is Ursa Minor (or Little Bear/ Little Dipper)?
Instrument used to determine the locations of stars, moons, and planets
What is an astrolabe?
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?
All the planets in our solar system have in common
What is they orbit the Sun?
255 divided by 5
What is 51?
The reason the constellation Orion is visible during winter in the Northern Hemisphere but not during summer
What is the Earth is tilted and revolves around the Sun?
Instrument that is used to determine the angle between a celestial object and the horizon to find latitude.
What is a sextant?