Earth
Sun
Moon
This and That
Vocabulary
100
This causes night and day.
What is the rotation (spin) of the Earth?
100
This gives all light to Earth.
What is the "sun"?
100
It takes this long for the moon to revolve completely around the Earth.
What is 29 days or about a month?
100
This is the force that pulls to the center.
What is "gravity"?
100
This word describes the Earth spinning continuously.
What is "rotating"?
200
The shape of the Earth
What is a "sphere"?
200
The sun is a big fiery ball of gas called this.
What is a "star"?
200
Solar refers to the sun. This term refers to the moon.
What is "lunar"?
200
These are the four seasons.
What are winter, spring, summer and fall?
200
This imaginary line goes from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth.
What is the "axis"?
300
It takes Earth this long to rotate.
What is 24 hours or one day?
300
It takes the earth this long to revolve around the sun once.
What is one year, or 365 days?
300
During this phase of the moon, we can see no light from the moon.
What is a "new moon"?
300
This is the changes in how the Moon looks
What are phases?
300
This term is used to describe the phase of the moon when we see all of the lit side.
What is "full moon"?
400
When it is winter in North America, it is this in Southern hemisphere.
What is "summer"?
400
This occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth, blocking some the the sun's light.
What is a "solar eclipse"?
400
During this process, the moon moves through the Earth's shadow, and cannot be seen for a short time.
What is a "lunar eclipse"?
400
This means that something is at an incline
What is tilt?
400
This means to go around something
What is "revolve"?
500
The imaginary line horizontally around the middle of the Earth.
What is the "equator"?
500
When the sun is the closest, it causes this season.
What is "summer"?
500
The moon affects this part of our Oceans.
What are the tide?
500
This causes the seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth?
500
This means a lot of water and a little water.
What is High tide and Low tide?
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