planets
the sun
the moon
miscellaneous
constellations & tools
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

It takes the moon 29.5 days or 1 month to do this.

What is a revolve around the Earth?

100

Unlike Earth, Uranus has a surface made out of ______. 

What is gas?

100

This is used to calculate time. 

What is a astrolabe?

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

This moon phase occurs when the moon is between the earth and sun so that the dark side of the moon faces earth and you see NO MOON. 

What is the new moon phase?

200

It is the time of day when the shadows are the longest. 

What is morning or evening?

200

This is used to determine latitude. 

What is a sextant?

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

When the sun light shines on more and more of the moon, we say that the moon is doing this. This is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated. 

What is waxing?

300
It is during this time of day that shadows are smallest.
What is midday (or noon)?
300

These are patterns of stars. 

What is a constellation?

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.
What is 24 hours --or one day?
400

These are the apparent shapes of the moon. These are the _______ 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 has a magnetic needle pointing north. 

What is a compass?

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

This is how many times we see a FULL MOON a month. 

What is one?

500
It takes the Earth 24 hours to do this. 

What is rotate on its axis?

500

This tool makes far away objects seem closer and brighter.

What is a telescope?

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