A(n) _____ is an imaginary line running through Earth.
What is an axis?
200
Earth rotates _____ to _____.
What is west to east?
200
This planet is the coldest planet.
What is Neptune?
200
Name the two things that the sun gives us.
What are heat and light?
200
Where is the asteroid belt?
What is between Mars and Jupiter?
200
What object would you use to look closely at objects in space?
What is a telescope?
300
How long does it take Earth to revolve around the sun?
What is 365 1/4 days?
300
Name the four inner planets.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?
300
Betelgeuse is a ____ _____ star.
What is red giant?
300
Explain the difference between a meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite.
A meteoroid is in space, a meteor is entering the Earth's atmosphere, a meteorite is on Earth.
300
What is Miss Kaiser's middle name?
What is Hershey?
400
How long does it take for Earth to complete one rotation?
What is 24 hours?
400
What is the difference between a planet and a dwarf planet?
What is a dwarf planet does not have an unobstructed path?
400
What is the shape of a star?
What is a sphere?
400
Name the four basic phases of the moon.
What is new moon, first quarter, full moon, fourth quarter?
400
________ is the closest object to Earth and our only natural satellite.
What is the moon?
500
Explain why objects appear to move in space.
The Earth is rotating west to east so the objects appear to move east to west. The stars, sun, and constellations aren't moving but they look like they are because of Earth's rotation.
500
Name the four things necessary for life on a planet.
What are water, breathable air, the right temperature, and the right distance?
500
Explain why all stars look the same if they are different sizes, colors, and temperatures.
All stars look the same because they are so far away.
500
Explain how an asteroid becomes a moon.
It gets pulled by the gravitational pull of a planet and stars orbiting the planet, becoming a moon.
500
What causes seasons?
What is Earth's tilt on its axis as it revolves around the sun?