Vocabulary
Planets
Moon Phases
Hodge Podge
Facts
100
Earth turns about an imaginary line known as its...
What is axis?
100
List the order of the planets...
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto?
100

The name of the moon phase when it begins to get smaller.

What is Waning Gibbous?

100
To move around an object...
What is revolve?
100

This creates the Earth's seasons...

What is the way the Earth is tilted on its axis as it revolves around the Sun?

200
Chunks of rocks or metal that orbit the Sun..
What is asteroid?
200

List three characteristics inner planets share...

What is 1. closest to the Sun, 2. warmer and smaller, 3. rocky surface? 4. shorter orbit  5. no rings

200
The name of the phase that is halfway around the Earth...
What is Full Moon?
200
Chunks of ice and other material that move in long, narrow orbits...
What are comets?
200

Compared to Earth's gravity, the moon's gravity is ....

What is weaker?

300
A hollow area, or pit, in the ground...
What is a crater?
300
The two largest planets in the solar system are...
What is Jupiter and Saturn?
300
The name of the phase when it is between the Sun and the Earth...
What is New Moon?
300
A hot sphere of gas that gives off energy...
What is a star?
300
The Earth's closest neighbor...
What is the Moon?
400
A satellite of the Sun...
What is a planet?
400
The outer planets are made of ...
What is gas?
400
The name of the phase that is one quarter of the way around Earth...
What is First Quarter Moon?
400

List three factors that affect how bright a star appears...

What is 1. proximity or closeness to Earth 2. amount of energy released or emitted 3. size and distance

400

True or False: The moon gives off light

What is false?

500
A pattern or picture outlined by stars...
What is a constellation?
500

They call the outer planets the...

What is Gas Giants or Jovian?

500

The moon looks big and _____ because it is so close to the ________.

What is bright and Earth?

500
List three details that describe the Sun...
What is 1. average size star, 2. made of gases, 3. Hydrogen gas fuels the sun and heat and light comes from this gas?
500
If you were a scientist and you wanted to know when the next full moon was what could you do?
What is observe the moon and write down your observations on a calendar to track when the next full moon would be in the month?
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