What unit of time on Earth is based on the rotation of the Earth?
What is a day?
100
The Earth is the _______ planet from the Sun.
What is 3rd?
100
The Earth is the ___________ largest planet in our solar system?
What is 5th?
100
A __________ moon occurs about once every month.
What is full?
100
The different phases of the moon refer to changes in the ___________________________.
What is moon's visibility?
200
What unit of time on Earth is based on the revolution of the Earth around the Sun?
What is a year?
200
Which major planet(s) in our solar system have only one moon?
What is Earth?
200
Where is the Sun's energy produced?
What is the Sun's core?
200
What phase comes after the "Third Quarter Moon?"
What is Waning Gibbous Moon?
200
During a total solar eclipse, when almost all of the Sun's light traveling to the Earth is blocked by the moon, what is the order of the Earth, Sun, & the Moon?
What is Earth, Moon, Sun?
300
What keeps the moon and Earth in orbit?
What is "every object in the universe attracts every other object?" (Gravity)
300
Which of the following words best describes the Sun?
What is a star?
300
Which planet has the largest number of moons?
What is Jupiter?
300
During what type of tide is the high tide and the low tide the lowest?
What is Spring Tide?
300
The medium sized tides that occur across the entire Earth's surface during the Quarter moon phases are called ______________.
What is neap tides?
400
The Earth has 4 main seasons: winter, spring, summer and fall. From the list below, select the cause(s) for the changes in seasons on Earth.
I. The Earth rotates
II. The Earth revolves around the sun
III. The Earth's axis it tilted.
What is II and III (The Earth revolves around the sun and the Earth's axis is tilted?
400
Asteroids vary greatly in size and are made up mostly of __________, __________, & ___________.
What is stone, iron, and nickel?
400
What are the 3 main classifications of meteorites?
What is stony, stony-iron, and iron
400
Tides describe the regular rising and falling of ocean water. Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the ____________ and the ____________.
What is moon & sun?
400
How many days does it take the moon to finish a complete cycle?
What is 29.5 days?
500
Why is Earth and other planets in our solar system formed in a spherical shape?
What is Gravity attracted particles toward its center while it was in a liquid or gaseous state?
500
Comets are mostly made up of _____________, ______________, & _____________.
What is dust particles, frozen water, and frozen gases?
500
What objects revolve around the sun other than planets?
What is asteroids, meteoroids, & comets
500
Why does the moon not produce light, even though during a full moon it is completely lit?
What is "it only reflects light from the Sun?"
500
Why does a lunar eclipse happen only during a full moon?
What is "the moon is closest to Earth's shadow at that time?"