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Revolution
Seasons
Earth, Sun
People and Planets
100
What is it called when a complete orbit around a central point is made?
What is a revolution
100
The moon revolves around...
What is the Earth
100
What would happen on Earth if there was no axial tilt?
There would be no seasons
100
When the Earth turns or spins on its axis it's called....
Rotation
100
Who was the first person to study the night sky with a telescope?
Who is Galileo
200
To turn or spin on an axis means to...
What is rotate
200
How often does Earth make a complete revolution around the Sun?
What is one year
200
What is the main cause of the seasons?
What is Earth's axial tilt- and also the revolution around the sun
200
What is the order of the planets from the Sun?
What is My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nachos
200
Who believed the sun was the center of universe?
Copernicus and Galileo
300
What was the NASA mission called that helped our understanding of the moon?
What is Apollo
300
True or false: The Sun rotates
What is False
300
When the sun shines directly on a continent, what season would that continent be in?
What is Summer
300
Name the terrestrial planets and the gas giants:
Terrestrial: Mercury Venus Earth Mars Gas: Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
300
What did Ptolemy and Aristotle believe?
What is the Sun and planets traveled around Earth
400
When only a sliver of the moon is showing it's called a....
What is a crescent
400
True or False: The Moon revolves and rotates
What is True
400
True or False: The Sun's revolution around the Earth causes the seasons
What is False
400
Name the planets from smallest to largest:
Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter
400
What is the only planet that has large amounts of life-supporting water?
What is Earth
500
Why do people see different phases of the moon?
The moon revolves around the Earth so the sun shines on it differently based on the angle
500
True or False: Earth's revolution affects the seasons along with its axial tilt
What is True
500
What causes the seasons?
What is Earth's revolution around the sun and an axial tilt
500
What space program sent astronauts into space to study the moon?
Apollo Mission
500
What is a terrestrial planet made out of?
What is rocks and metals
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