Planets
The Seasons
The Moon
Earth
Solar System
100
What is the largest planet?
Jupiter
100
What is the spinning of an object on its axis called?
Rotation
100
What is the phase of the moon in which none of the lighted surface is visible?
New Moon
100
Earth takes one day to ____?
rotate
100
What is a chunk of rock or metal that orbits the sun?
Asteroid
200
What is the name of the planet that is now considered a dwarf?
Pluto
200
Seasons in the Earth's northern and southern halves are the same or reversed?
reversed
200
What are the different shapes the moon has called?
Phases
200
How long does it take for Earth to complete one revolution?
One year
200
What is a large ball of ice and dust that orbits the sun?
Comet
300
What is the name of the planet that is closest to the sun?
Mercury
300
How many seasons are there? Name them.
4- spring, summer, fall, winter
300
When you can see the entire lighted surface of the moon, what phase is it called?
Full Moon
300
What causes night and day on Earth?
Rotation
300
The name for the sun and the objects that orbit around the sun?
The Solar System
400
Which planet is called "The Red Planet"?
Mars
400
If Earth's axis were not tilted, there would be no _____?
seasons
400
How long does it take for the moon to go through its phases?
29 1/2 days
400
What does Earth revolve around?
The Sun
400
How many planets are in the Solar System?
8 + Pluto
500
What is the order of the planets starting with the one closest to the sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
500
What season is it when the North Pole is pointing in the direction of the sun?
Summer
500
When Earth's shadow falls on the moon, we see a ____?
lunar eclipse
500
Earth is the only planet that has ____?
Life
500
What is the name for the path that an object takes around another object?
Orbit
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