Sun
Moon
Earth
Movement & Seasons
Weather
100
What is the sun made of?
What is burning gases.
100
Tell what the moon does in 29.5 days.
What is the moon orbits the earth.
100
1 Day = (hours) 1 Year = (days)
What is 1 Day = 24 hours What is 1 Year = 365 days
100
Describe the movement of the sun, moon, and earth.
What is the moon spins as it rotates around the earth. The earth rotates around the moon as it spins.
100
What is precipitation?
What is any form of water falling from the sky.
200
Why does the full moon appear to be bigger than the sun?
What is the moon is much closer to the earth.
200
What is the moon made of?
What is rock.
200
What is the earth's axis?
What is an imaginary line that runs through the North and South Poles. The earth rotates or spins on its axis.
200
How many seasons are there and what are they called?
What is 4 seasons. Summer, spring , winter, and fall (autumn)
200
What tool is used to measure temperature?
What is a thermometer.
300
Compare the gravity of the sun to that of the Earth and Moon
What is the sun's gravity is much stronger because it is very large. The sun makes up 99.8% of the mass in the solar system.
300
How does the moon shine light on the earth at night?
What is the moon is reflecting the sun's light.
300
Which direction does the earth spin?
What is the earth spins counter-clockwise
300
What tool is used to measure the wind speed and direction?
What is a wind sock.
400
Why does the sun appear to move across the sky?
What is the earth spins on an axis.
400
What best explains the different phases/shapes of the moon?
What is the lit side of the moon isn't always facing earth.
400
The earth rotates how many degrees in one day?
What is 360 degrees.
400
How many times does the earth spin in 35 weeks?
What is 245 times. (1 time per day x 7 days a week = 35 x 7
400
Temperature can be measured in what two units?
What is Fahrenheit and Celsius.
500
Put the following in order from largest to smallest: Sun, Moon, Earth
What is Sun, Earth, Moon
500
Name 5 moon phases.
What are new moon, full moon, waxing crescent, waning crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, waning gibbous, last quarter, or third quarter.
500
What is the cause of day and night?
What is day is when that side of the earth is facing the sun and night is when that side of the earth is facing away from the sun.
500
Name 4 different weather conditions.
What are temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, wind direction, and wind speed.
500
If a wind sock is blowing toward the East, what is the wind direction?
What is West. Meteorologist describe the wind by the direction it is coming from.
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