Revolve
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Earth
Moon
Sun
100
This is what the Sun is the center of.
What is the solar system?
100
An object in space that orbits a star is known by this name.
What is a planet?
100
This is the location of the Earth in our Solar System from the Sun.
What is third?
100
This is how many stars are in our solar system.
What is too many to count?
100
This is the largest planet in our Solar System.
What is Jupiter?
200
These planets are rocky like the Earth.
What are Mercury, Venus, and Mars?
200
This is how the Sun and the Earth are alike.
What is they both have an atmosphere?
200
This is how the Moon and the Earth are alike.
What is they both have a rocky surface?
200
Green plants on Earth are able to make their own food. This is how the Sun is an important part of this process.
What is green plants use light from the Sun?
200
These are the two causes of seasons on the Earth.
What is the Earth revolves and moves closer to the sun to cause the seasons?
300
This is why we can see the Moon.
What is the Moon reflects light from the Earth?
300
This is a helpful tool used to help us see objects that are very far away.
What is a telescope?
300
The measure of one Earth's revolution around the Sun is this long.
What is one year?
300
This is a large ball of hot, glowing gases located at the center of our Solar System that gives off heat and light.
What is the Sun?
300
When the Earth rotates, this happens.
What is one side of the Earth faces the Sun and one side is dark?
400
The Earth gets almost all of this from the Sun.
What is energy?
400
When the Earth revolves around the Sun, it is also tilted on this causing the seasons.
What is axis?
400
Weather conditions are the result of this.
What is the Sun's heat reaching the Earth?
400
The Moon appears to change shape over a period of time. This is what the changing shapes are called.
What are phases?
400
This is what it is called when the entire side of the Moon that is facing the Earth is dark.
What is New Moon?
500
The Moon that is on the SC State flag is known as this type of moon.
What is Crescent Moon?
500
Elizabeth was on her family vacation to Myrtle Beach. Throughout the day, Elizabeth observed changes in how far up on shore the water would come. This explains what Elizabeth is observing.
What is the Moon's gravity pulling on the ocean causes the water move?
500
This causes night and day on the Earth.
What is rotation?
500
Mr. Barr is looking at his shadow at 9:00 in the morning. His shadow was very long. This is what his shadow would look like at 12:00 Noon.
What is his shadow will be very short?
500
The Earth rotates in this direction, but the sun rises in this direction.
What is West to East and East to West?
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