Gravity
Solar System
Orbit and Rotation
CYCLES
Weather and Climate
100

The force that pulls us to the ground.

What is gravity?

100

Sorry Pluto, this is the number of planets in the Milky Way Galaxy.

What is 8? Can you name all 8 for a double jeopardy bonus

100

This is what we call it when that Earth faces away from the Sun and many people go to sleep.

What is nighttime?

100

This cycle takes 365 days. It is why we, here in the North, have summer and winter.

What is a full rotation around the Sun?

100

This what is happening outside in a particular time at a particular place.

What is weather?

200

This is pulls or pushes objects away or together.

What is force?

200

The third planet from the Sun.

What is Earth?

200

This gray, rocky object orbits the Earth.

What is the Moon?

200

This cycle determines what the moon looks like due to the position of the Earth and Sun. 

What is the Lunar Cycle?

200

This is the long term weather, which can be classified as tropical, temperate, and polar

What is climate?

300

After getting bonked in the head by an apple, this scientist defined gravity.

Who is Sir Isaac Newton?

300
Our Sun is the center of our solar system and is the only one of these burning gas objects.

What is a star?

300

The Earth is tilted. This is the name for that invisible line where the Earth tilts.

What is the Axis?

300

This cycle involves evaporation, condensation and precipitation. All three happen simultaneously.   

What is the water cycle?

300

These can effect weather and climate, like when a mountain blocks wind and precipitation. 

What are landforms?

400

Gravity is always this force, never a push.

What is a pull?

400

These rocky, irregularly shaped bodies are too small to be considered a planet. 

What are Asteroids?

400

More of this is the reason why the Northern Hemisphere has summer and the sun eventually goes down at 8:00pm instead of 5:00pm.

What is daylight?

400

This cycle is the reusing over and over of something, like when you sort plastic and glass from the garbage. 

What is recycle?

400

This is the invisible line that goes around the Earth. The climate is more warm and constant with the average degree around 78 degrees.

What is the equator?

500

This object is the most massive thing in our solar system, which means it has the most gravity.

What is the Sun?

500

This asteroid changes names when it collides with a planet or moon.

What is a meteroite?

500

This is what we call the rotation of the Earth, which lasts 24-hours.

What is a day? or What is an Earth day?

500

This means a circle or to go around.

What is cycle?

500

This is what a meteorologist uses to measure the temperature outside and how you see if you have a fever. 

What is a thermometer? 
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