Weather and Water
Rock Cycle
Craters
Moon
Planets
100
Name two examples of severe weather.
Blizzard, Hurricane, Tornado, Thunder Storm
100
A rock made by heat and pressure (DOUBLE POINTS: spelling)
What is a metamorphic rock?
100
What are the lines that come out of some craters?
Rays
100
How many Moon phases are there?
Eight
100
What type of solar system object is Pluto?
Dwarf Planet
200
The definition of this word is the layers of gases that surround a planet. Earth's has five layers.
What is the atmosphere
200
A rock made by magma that has melted and cooled. (DOUBLE POINTS: spelling)
What is an igneous rock?
200
Name one object that can cause a crater.
Comet Asteroid Meteoroid
200
Which Moon phase begins the lunar month?
The New Moon
200
Which planet spins in the opposite way than the rest?
Venus
300
The definition of this word is four time periods throughout the year marked by certain weather and day length patterns.
What are seasons?
300
A rock made by sediments cementing together. (DOUBLE POINTS: spelling)
What is a sedimentary rock?
300
What type of crater is made by a small meteoroid?
A simple crater
300
These phases happen when you can see LESS than half of the Moon's surface.
The crescent phases.
300
Which planet has the longest year?
What is Neptune
400
Name the four seasons
Winter Spring Summer Autumn
400
The step needed for a sediment to become a sedimentary rock.
What is cementing?
400
What does a flooded crater create?
The maria on the Moon
400
These phases happen when you can see MORE than half of the Moon's surface.
The Gibbous phases.
400
Which planet has the most moons?
Jupiter
500
The layer of atmosphere that has weather.
What is the troposphere?
500
The three steps needed for an igneous rock to turn into a sedimentary rock.
1. Weathering and erosion 2. Sediments 3. Cementing together
500
Why can we see more craters on the Moon than on Earth? (DOUBLE POINTS: giving both reasons)
1. Earth's surface is mainly covered in water. 2. Earth experiences weather and erosion.
500
How much of the Moon is lit up at all times? (Imagine a view from space, not on Earth.)
One half
500
Which planet spins sideways?
What is Uranus
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