The Moon
Orbiting
Vocabulary
Planets
The Sun
100
What moon phase occurs when you can't see the moon at all.
What is New Moon
100
How does Earth orbit the Sun?
What is the sun's gravity
100
The sun is also a ...
What is star
100
How long does Earth rotate on it's axis?
What is 24 hours
100
How do shadows occur?
What is objects block light from the sun.
200
What moon is half lit on the right side?
What is first quarter
200
How do the moon phases occur?
What is from the moon orbiting the Earth
200
A large body that orbits the sun is called a...
What is planet
200
How does day and night occur?
What is Earth rotating on its axis
200
The sun is a source of light. What is the sun?
What is a star
300
What moon is in the shape of a toenail
What is cresent
300
How do the moon, earth, and sun all work together?
What is the moon orbits the earth while the earth orbits the sun
300
What is a sundial?
What is an instrument used to show the time of day.
300
Explain why the people on Earth experience day, night and seasons differently
The way Earth is positioned with the Sun
300
What direction does the sun rise from?
What is the East
400
True or False. The moon gives off light.
What is false, the moon reflects the sun's light
400
How long does it take for the Earth to orbit around the sun?
What is 1 year or 365 days
400
What shape is a planet's orbit?
What is elliptical
400
How is the Earth split?
What is into hemispheres
400
What direction does the sun set in?
What is the West.
500
Name the Moon phases in order
What is New Moon, Waxing Cresent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, Waning Cresent
500
How long does it take for the moon to orbit Earth
What is about a month
500
How does the solar system work?
500
Name the planets in order starting with the one closer to the sun.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
500
If a hemisphere is facing the sun, what season is it?
What is summer
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