Planets
The Sun
The Moon
Miscellaneous
Bodies in Space
100
This is the planet that is closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
100
The sun is the center of this system.
What is the solar system?
100
The moon is a natural type of this that revolves around a bigger object.
What is a satellite?
100

This is a celestial event that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on Earth and blocking the Sun's light

What is a Solar Eclipse?

100

These are groups of stars that together form recognizable patterns

What are Constellations?

200
This is the 3rd planet from the sun.
What is earth?
200
The sun is a type of this gas sphere that gives off light and heat.
What is a star?
200
These are hollow pits on the surface of the moon.
What are craters?
200
When the sun light shines on more and more of the moon, we say that the moon is doing this.
What is waxing?
200

This is a celestial body of ice, dust, and rock with an icy tail.

What is a comet?

300

This is what all the planets have in common

What is "they revolve around the sun?"

300
It takes the earth 365 days to do this.
What is revolve (orbit) around the sun?
300
The moon's gravitational pull causes this rise and fall of the ocean.
What are tides?
300
It is during this time of day that shadows are smallest.
What is midday (or noon)?
300

This is a small rocky body orbiting the sun, mostly in a belt.

What is an asteroid?

400
These are the rocky planets.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?
400

This is how long it takes earth to complete one rotation about its axes.

What is 24 hours --or one day?

400
These are the apparent shapes of the moon.
What are phases?
400
These two things cause the earth to experience seasons.
What is the tilt of the earth and its revolution around the sun?
400

This is a small body of matter from outer space that enters Earth's atmosphere.

What is a Meteor?

500
These are the gas giants.
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
500
The sun is responsible for this first step of the water cycle.
What is evaporation?
500
These are higher and lower than normal tides.
What are spring tides?
500
Coal, oil, and natural gas are all types of this energy source.
What are fossil fuels?
500

This is a region of space that has a gravitational pull so strong that no light can escape.

What is a Black Hole?

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