planets
stars
orbits
models
Vocabulary
100

Third planet from the sun.

What is Earth?

100
The closet star to Earth.
What is The sun?
100

One revolution of the moon around the Earth.

What is 1 month?

100

If the earth is the size of an orange, Mercury is an apple or a cherry?

What is a cherry?

100

A composition of the sun (what it's made of)

What is hot burning gases?*

Bonus question: Mostly which gases?

200
Closest planet to the sun.
What is Mercury?
200

The closest star to us is only this far away. 

What is 4.2 light years? 

200

The revolution of the Earth around the Sun. 

What is a year?

200

If Jupiter is a cantaloupe, Earth is more more this size. 

What is a golf ball?

200

The movement AROUND another object.

What is revolution?

300

Second closest planet to the sun.

What is Venus?

300

San Jose doesn't see many stars at night for this reason. 

What is light pollution level 8?

300

The full rotation of the Earth on its AXIS.

What is a day?

300

If earth is an orange, Mars is this size. 

What is an apple?

300

The movement or spin on its own AXIS.

What is rotation?

400

Smallest of the recognized planets.

What is Mercury?

400

The time it takes for the Sun's light to reach Earth.

What is 8 minutes?

400

The path of the Earth around the sun. 

What is an elliptical orbit?

400

The time of day when the sun is out, but no shadows are visible.

What is noon?

400

The path that planets use to travel around the sun.

What is an orbit?

500

Planet with most visible rings.

What is Saturn?

500

The center of our galaxy, an eventual fate for some star types. 

What is a black hole?

500

When the moon lines up between the sun and the Earth, blocking the light. 

What is an eclipse?

500

If the Sun is a soccer ball on the backstop, this is where the nearest star would be.  

What is Russia?

500

The time is takes for light to travel one year?

What is a light year?

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