Sun, Moon, Stars
The biggest object in our solar system that gives us light and heat.
What is the sun?
This causes day and night.
What is the Earth’s rotation?
The tool that helps us see stars and planets more clearly.
What is a telescope?
This gas giant planet is the largest in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
The number of planets in our solar system.
What is 8?
This causes the moon to appear to change shape during the month.
What is the moon's phases?
This is the length of time it takes Earth to make one full rotation.
What is 24 hours?
A person who studies space and celestial objects.
What is an astronomer?
This terrestrial planet is closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
The number of dwarf planets in our solar system, including Pluto.
What is 5?
This is what causes the stars to seem as if they are moving across the night sky.
What is the Earth's rotation?
This causes the seasons to change.
What is the Earth’s tilt and orbit around the Sun?
A tool that can help us track the Moon’s phases.
What is a Moon calendar or Moon tracker?
This gas giant planet is famous for it's many rings.
What is Saturn?
The number of moons that are in our solar system.
What is 181?
The name of the imaginary line Earth spins around.
What is the axis?
The pattern we see in the Moon’s phases.
What is the Moon's cycle (about every 29 days)?
A tool that helps us know the time of sunrise and sunset.
What is a sundial or a digital app?
This terrestrial planet is named after the Greek god of war.
What is Mars?
The estimated number of comets in our solar system.
What is over 3,000?
This makes it so we can we only see stars at night.
What is that the sun's light during the day makes stars too dim to see?
The name of the path Earth takes around the Sun.
What is orbit?
The name of the tool that shows the positions of stars and constellations.
What is a star chart?
This gas giant planet is farthest from the sun, and is also considered an ice giant.
What is Neptune?
Earth is to San Diego as the Solar System is to California. Using this relative comparison, complete the sentence: the galaxy is to _________________.
What is "United States"?