Moon
Sun
Earth
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Does the Moon have light of its own?
No, it gets its light from the Sun.
100
Dark spots on the Sun
sunspots
100
the amount of time it takes Earth to rotate once
24 hours
100
How many days does it take for the Moon to rotate on it's axis?
29 1/2 days
100
What are the bowl shaped holes or dents, caused by large rocks crashing into the moon called?
craters
200
What means become gradually larger?
waxing
200
True/False:
The sun is made from ice and gas
False: The sun is made from gas and dust
200
Earth's closest star
Sun
200
The amount of time it takes Earth to orbit the Sun once
365 1/4 days
1 year
200
The name for scientists who study objects in outer space.
Astronomers
300
What astronomers found when they traveled to the moon
rocks and dust
300
Is the Sun the center of our Solar System?
Yes
300
The imaginary line that runs through the center of Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole
axis
300
Our Sun and all the objects that move around it
Solar System
300
What causes day and night?
Earth's rotation
400
What means becoming gradually smaller?
waning
400
How old is our sun?
almost 5 billion years old
400
Imaginary line that circles the Earth
equator
400
What causes the seasons?
Earth's orbiting
tilt of the Earth on its axis
400
What phase is this moon?
Waxing Gibbous
500
What phase is this moon ?
Waxing Crescent
500
What do we call the flames shooting out from the outer edge of the Sun? (there are 2 answers)
solar flares and prominences
500
The shape of Earth's orbit around the Sun
elliptical
500
What phase of the moon is this?
Waning Gibbous
500
What phase is this moon?
First Quarter