Motions in Space
Earth, Moon and Sun
Eclipses and Seasons
The Universe and Galaxies
The Solar System
100
spinning
What is rotation?
100
It takes this long for the Earth to rotate once
What is 24 hours?
100
When a portion of the Earth is in the moon's umbra, blocking the light from the Sun
What is a solar eclipse?
100
all of space and everything that is included within it
What is the universe?
100
The Sun and all the objects that revolve around it
What is the solar system?
200
This is another word for an object moving around an object
What is revolution?
200
It takes this long for the Earth to revolve around the Sun
What is 365 days?
200
The name of the season when the Earth's Northern Hemisphere is tilted TOWARDS THE SUN
What is summer?
200
a collection of stars, gas and dust that is classified based on shape (spiral, elliptical, irregular)
What is a galaxy?
200
Name given to the inner planets that are small and rocky
What is terrestrial?
300
The name of the path an object takes when revolving around an object.
What is orbit?
300
The name of the phases where the moon is LOSING LIGHT.
What is waning?
300
When the moon is in the full moon phase and the Earth blocks the sun's light from reaching it
What is a lunar eclipse?
300
The name of the theory on how the universe was created
What is the big bang theory?
300
The name given to the large outer planets that do not have solid surfaces
What is gas giant?
400
An elongated, closed curve; typically the shape of an orbit
What is ellipse?
400
The name of the phases where the moon is ADDING LIGHT
What is waxing?
400
The number of shadows there are during an eclipse.
What is two?
400
The name of the spiral galaxy we live in
What is the Milky Way?
400
this is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter and is made up of space rocks
What is the asteroid belt?
500
The imaginary line that an objects spins on
What is axis?
500
The shape of the moon when it is more than half, but less than whole.
What is gibbous?
500
The name of one of the two seasons where the Earth's tilt DOES NOT AFFECT the amount of sunlight.
What is Spring or Fall/Autumn?
500
The force of attraction that keeps the objects in space in orbit
What is gravity?
500
The star that is closest to the planet Earth
What is the Sun?
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