Past Facts Review!
Our Universe
Space Facts
How does our Earth move?
I'm going to get a 100% on the Solar System test!
100
The wearing away and moving of rocks and soil
What is erosions?
100
The galaxy we live in
What is the Milky Way?
100
Any natural body that revolves around a planet
What is a moon?
100
The spinning motion of an object on its axis. It take Earth 24 hours to complete one of these! This causes day and night!
What is rotation?
100
This is why our moon "shines".
The moon reflects the Sun's light.
200
The process of breaking down rocks by wind, rain, or ice
What is weathering?
200
All things the exist in space
What is the universe?
200
The distance light travels in one year
What is a light year?
200
The imaginary line that goes through the center of the Earth
What is an axis?
200
The special layers of air that protect the Earth, blanket the Earth with air, and regulate temperatures.
What is the atmosphere?
300
The process of adding to or putting sediment down
What is deposition?
300
The center of our solar system.
What is the sun?
300
A huge object in space made up of hot gases that shines by its own light
What is a star?
300
The elliptical path the Earth travels around the sun.
What is orbit?
300
The amount of light reflected increases (from the right).
What are the waxing phases of the moon?
400
Water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight
What is needed for photosynthesis?
400
A large system of stars, planets, gas, and dust
What is a galaxy?
400
This star always lies exactly about the North Pole.
What is the North Star/Polaris?
400
This is used to measure the volume of a substance.
What is a measuring cup?
500
Glucose and oxygen
What is produced by photosynthesis?
500
A large body that orbits in space and does not give off its own light
What is a planet?
500
A group of stars that forms a pattern in the night sky.
What is a constellation?
500
The movement of an object around another object. This causes the seasons. It takes 365 days to complete one of these.
What is revolution?
500
The amount of light reflected decreases. (from the left).
What are the waning phases of the moon?
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