SEASONS & THE
STARS
PLANETS BIG AND SMALL
THE MOON
SOLAR SYSTEM VS.
THE UNIVERSE
EARTH IS AWESOME
100
This is why we have seasons.
What is the Earth is tilted on its axis and it revolves around the sun?
100
This planet is the closest planet to the sun and has almost no atmosphere.
What is Mercury?
100
This is how much of the moon is always reflecting sunlight.
What is half
100
This object has the strongest gravitational pull in our Solar System
What is the Sun
100
This is what the Earth's orbit around the Sun could be described as. A. a perfect circle. B. a slight ellipse. C. an ellipse similar to a comet. D. a straight line through space & time.
What is a slight ellipse?
200
This is the angle at which the Earth is tilted on its axis.
What is 23.5 degrees?
200
This is the solar systems 2nd largest planet and has the most defined rings.
What is Saturn?
200
This the exact number of days it takes for the moon to complete its phase cycle.
What is 29.5?
200
This is a force that allows planets to stay in orbit around the Sun and the Moon in orbit around the Earth
What is Gravity?
200
This is the term for the Earth spinning on its axis and the # of hours it takes to spin one time.
What is rotation and 24?
300
This is why the days are longer in the summer than in the winter.
What is because of the tilt of the Earth (tilted toward the sun during the summer)?
300
This planet has a thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide and is known as Earth's sister planet.
What is Venus?
300
This is why we do not have a solar eclipse every month.
What is the moons orbit around the Earth is at a tilt
300
This is the Sun and the objects that orbit it.
What is the solar system?
300
This is the term for the Earth's movement around the Sun and the exact amount of days it takes for it to go around the Sun one time.
What is revolution and 365.25 or 365 1/4?
400
Why do other stars look so much smaller than our Sun? A. They are farther away. B. Our Sun is one of the largest stars. C. Most other stars are white dwarfs. D. They are the same size, they just look smaller because of our atmosphere.
What is they are farther away?
400
This is a red planet, has ice caps, volcanoes, and large canyons.
What is Mars?
400
This moon phase occurs between the full moon and the third quarter.
What is a waning gibbous?
400
This is a large group of millions of stars, planets and other space objects held together by gravity.
What is a galaxy?
400
This is a meteoroid that burns up in the Earth's atmosphere. A. Meteorite B. Meteor C. Comet D. Asteroid
What is Meteor?
500
This is the term for the distance that light travels in one year.
What is a light year?
500
This planet is tilted on it's axis at 90 degrees.
What is Uranus?
500
Daily Double
What is 27.3?
500
These two things determine the amount of gravity an object has. A. How bright it is and how far away it is from another object. B. How thick of an atmosphere it has and if it is rocky or gaseous. C. How heavy the object is and how massive it is. D. How massive it is and how far away it is from another object.
What is D.
500
This is a meteoroid that strikes the Earth's surface.
What is a Meteorite?
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