Tides
Eclipses
Gravity
Terrestrial and Gas Giant Planets
Other
100
What are Tides?
What is the daily change in the level of the ocean water
100
What is a lunar eclipse?
What is when the sun, earth, and moon line up in a straight line.
100
What is gravity?
What is a force of attraction between objects due to their masses.
100
What are the common characteristics of terrestrial planets?
What is small, dense rocky planets that orbit closest to the sun. They have similar composition; consist of a crust mantle and core.
200
What causes Tides?
What is the moons gravity pulling on the oceans. (the sun takes little part in it)
200
What is a Solar Eclipse?
What is where the moon is in between the sun and the earth.
200
What are the 4 terrestrial planets?
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
300
How many high tides occur in one day?
What is 2.
300
Draw a diagram of a lunar eclipse.
What is (will check your paper)
300
How is Earth different form the other terrestrial planets?
What is Earth has surface water, oxygen, seasons, and life.
400
Why does the side of the Earth that the moon is not near have a high tide also?
What is the moon pulling the earth towards itself.
400
What are the four Gas Giants?
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
400
What are planetary rings? (Hint: The rings formed around the four Gas Giants)
What is a disk of material that circles a planet and consists of/or biting particles.
500
How many low tides occur each day?
What is 2.
500
What are the differences between solar eclipses and lunar eclipses?
What is in a solar eclipse, the moon is in the middle of the sun and earth, while in a lunar eclipse, the earth is in the middle of the sun and moon.
500
What are the common characteristics of Gas Giants?
What is they have deep, massive gas atmospheres; which are made mostly of hydrogen and helium.
500
Describe the formation of the solar system.
What is gravity that pulled space matter together, when ignited by fusion the sun formed, and other pieces created planets.
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