What is the Earth made of?
Rocks (dirt, soil, etc.) and water
The Sun is made of plasma and gas. T/F?
True
What are the holes in the Moon called?
Craters

A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. T/F?
True
What is our galaxy called?
The Milky Way

How many planets is Earth away from the Sun?
3

How hot is the Sun?
10 million degrees Celsius
15 million degrees Celsius
20 million degrees Celsius
15 million degrees Celsius
What does the moon revolve around?
Earth

A start twinkles.
Can you land on earth, the sun and the moon?
No, only earth and the moon.
Earth revolves around what?
The Sun

What direction does the sun rise?
East
The moon rotates on its _ _ _ _.
Axle or Axis
Axis
In CONTACT, Ellie Arroway went to this star (_ _ _ _) and received a message from her father.
Vega
Do the sun, moon and earth all rotate?
Yes, all three rotate.
The moon matches its rotation with earth so we don't see it rotating.
Does Earth
a. revolve and rotate
b. just rotate
c. just revolve
Revolves around the sun and rotates on its axis.
What direction does the sun set?
West
There are 8 phases of the moon. One of them is a 'New moon" where the moon appears _ _ _ _ _.
New moon is between the sun and earth so it appears black.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are groupings of stars into familiar-looking figures.
Constellations
What do the Earth, Moon, and Sun have in common?
They are all spheres.
Earth is the only planet not named after a God. T/F?
True
Nobody knows how the Earth got its name; we only know is that it is derived from an amalgamation of both the Old English and Old Germanic words for “ground”.
Name 2 reasons why we need the sun.
It gives us heat and light,
How many days are in the Lunar Cycle?
28 days
29 days
30 days
29 days
Name 5 constellations.
Aquarius, Taurus, Libra, Scorpio, Virgo, Aries, Cancer, Gemini, Leo, Pisces, Sagittarius, Orion, Pegasus, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, etc.
Do the sun, moon and earth all revolve?
Yes.
Moon around Earth
Earth around the Sun
Sun around the center of Milky Way