Moon Phases
How long does it take the Moon to go through on complete cycle of phases?
What is a month (or 29.5ish days)
What is one complete rotation of Earth around its axis called?
What is a day
What causes the seasons on Earth
What is the tilt of Earth's axis
How many rocky planets are in our Solar System?
What is four (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars)
What is Gravity?
what is a force that pulls objects toward each other?
What causes the Moon's phases?
What is the Moon orbiting Earth and the changing angle of sunlight visible from the moon
How long does it take Earth to completely rotate around its axis
What is 24 hours
What is the degree that Earth is tilted on its axis?
What is approximately 23.5
Which is the largest planet in our Solar System?
What is Jupiter
What does a moon orbit around?
what is a planet
How much of the moon is always lit up? (whether we can see it from earth or not)
What is half
What is one complete orbit of Earth around the Sun called?
What is a year
In the Northern Hemisphere, which season occurs when Earth's North Pole is tilted away from the Sun
what is winter
Jovian planets are made of what?
Gas
IF you travel father away from Earth, what happens to Earth's gravitational pull on you?
what is it decreases
During which phase is the Moon completely dark and invisible in the night sky?
What is a new moon?
What causes the sun to appear to rise and set each day?
What is Earth's rotation
During summer in the Northern Hemisphere, how many hours of daylight are there compared to winter? (more/less)
what is more hours of daylight?
What is the name of our galaxy
what is the milky way
If a planet has more mass than another plaent of the same size, which would have stronger gravity on its surface
What is the bigger planet/the planet with more mass
Name the phase that comes halfway between a new moon and a full moon
What is a first quarter moon
How many days does it take Earth to orbit completely around the Sun?
365 days
If it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
what is winter
Which day is Ms. Lee's Birthday
what is August 2nd
What is an AU
What is an astronomical unit (the distance from Earth to the Sun)