Planets
How many days do it take Earth to orbit the sun?
365 days (1 year) 300 points
The partial or total blocking of one object by another
Eclipse
The force that pulls two objects together.
Gravity
What instrument is used to see objects in our solar system?
What is a telescope?
What causes day and night?
the Earth’s rotation on its axis
How many days does it take Mercury to orbit the sun?
88 days
The moon blocks the sunlight from reaching the earth
Solar Eclipse
What are huge glowing balls of gas in outer space that lights up the night sky?
What is a Star? Daily Double
400 points
How many planets are there? Name them, without Pluto.
What is 8. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Triple Double 600 points
What is the Earth’s axis? ?
the imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole
Triple Points 600
What planet is the 2nd closest to the sun?
Venus
The regular rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean
Tides daily double 600
What is the different appearances of the moon called?
What are moon phases?
Daily double 600
What is the part of the sunlit side that we can see decreases everyday?
What is Waning?
What causes seasons? Daily Double
The Earth’s orbit and its tilt cause seasons.
600 points
A person that travels and works in space
Astronaut
To increase gradually in size. The lighted part of the moon is getting bigger
Waxing 800 points
A person who studies objects in outer space.
Astronomer
What is a lunar eclipse?
What is when Earth comes between the sun and the moon, 400
then the shadow of Earth falls on the moon?
Both 800
When it’s winter in the United States, what season is it in Australia?
What is summer?
What is the brightest planet in the solar system?
Venus 1000 points
Less than half of the moon is illuminated
Crescent
Large rocky objects or very small planets
Asteroid
Why are years on some planets longer than years on other planets? ?
What is Some planets take more time to orbit the Sun than others.
Daily Double 1000 points
What is the name of the study jam video?
What is a day on earth?
3000 points