Vocabulary
Stars
Planets
Sun/Moon
Random
100
a giant ball of hot glowing gas
What is star
100
Give one example of a star pattern
What is big dipper, little dipper, ursa major etc.
100
How many planets orbit our sun?
What is 8
100
Where does the sun rise?
What is in the East
100
The moon's phases change in a cycle that repeats every how many days?
What is 29 1/2
200
the distance light travels in one year
What is light-year
200
How does a star get its color
What is from temperature
200
What does the red spot on Jupiter represent?
What is a storm
200
Where does the sun set?
What is West
200
A chunk of rock that orbits the sun
What is asteroids
300
a large ball-shaped body that revolves or travels around
What is planet
300
What size star is the sun. Small, medium, or large
What is medium
300
How many moons does Mars have?
What is 2
300
An imaginary line that runs between the North and South Pole
What is axis
300
Why is Pluto no longer a planet
What is its too small
400
What is a rotation
What is Earth spins on its axis every 24 hours
400
Which star is hotter, a blue star or an orange star?
What is blue
400
Look at the four planets that have rings. Which one is different and why?
What is Uranus because its on its side.
400
Why does the sun look like the biggest star?
What is its closet to Earth
400
A tool that makes objects that are far away look nearer and larger
What is telescope
500
What is revolution
What is Earth makes one complete trip around the sun.
500
Why does it take light from other stars longer to reach Earth than light from the sun?
What is They are farther away from the Earth than our sun.
500
How are outer planets different from inner planets? Name at least 2
What is Outer planets are made mostly of gas, are huge, and farthest from the sun.
500
Go the the board and draw any three phases of the moon and label them.
What is depends on students answer
500
What is the imaginary line that crosses Earth at 0 degress
What is equator
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