planets
What is waning when it comes to moon phases.
when the illuminated (light) gets smaller.
What causes the moon to stay in orbit around the earth?
what is gravity?
What would happen if our sun disappeared?
all the planets would be thrown off their orbital and we would go into an ice age.
What is the one thing all the planets have in common?
What is "they revolve around the sun?"
It takes the earth 365 days to do this.
What is revolve (orbit) around the sun?
What degree is the earth's axis tilted?
23 degrees
Name all four seasons
winter, summer, fall, spring.
These are the apparent shapes of the moon that occur approximately every 29.5 days. You must name three of them.
What are moon phases?
These two things cause the earth to experience seasons.
What is the tilt of the earth and its revolution around the sun?
Why is the sun at the center of our universe?
Because it has the biggest mass and has the most gravitational pull.
What are the four outer planets
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
When the sun-moon-and earth are aligned, it causes this to happen
What is a solar eclipse?
When the Sun-earth-and moon are aligned, it causes this to happen.
What is a lunar eclipse?
Name the planets in order from closest to the sun to farthest from the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Which planet would it take the longest time to reach from Earth?
Neptune.