Solar System
The third planet from the sun
What is Earth?
When the Moon blocks the light from the Sun and casts a shadow on the Earth
What is a solar eclipse?
When the Earth's axis points towards the sun, it is which season?
What is summer?
When heat causes liquid (e.g., ocean) to become gas.
What is evaporation?
Existing in limited quantities that cannot be replaced after they have all been used
What is non-renewable?
Closest planet to the sun
What is Mercury?
When Earth's shadow blocks light travelling to the Moon
What is a lunar eclipse?
When the Earth's axis points away from the sun, it is which season?
What is winter?
Water falls from clouds towards ground (scientific term)
What is precipitation?
replenished by natural processes within a lifetime
What is renewable?
Recently classified as a dwarf planet
What is Pluto?
What is New moon?
The curved path of a celestial object around a star, planet or moon.
What is an orbit?
Water that has been used before and can be stored and used again (for example in toilets).
What is greywater?
Biomass is an example of...
What is renewable resource?
Number of planets in our Solar system
What is 8?
The two shadows casts during a solar eclipse
What is penumbra and umbra?
The shortest day in the Southern hemisphere
When heat is lost causing a gas to become a liquid
What is condensation?
Fossil fuels are an example of...
What is non-renewable resource?
The correct order of all planets in our Solar system
The occurrence in astronomy of three or more objects moving into a straight line
What is syzygy?
The angle of Earth's tilt
What is 23.5 degrees?
The process of losing water through the surface of a plant
What is transpiration?
The energy obtained from changes within the atomic nucleus from nuclear fission.
What is nuclear energy?