Earth and Sun
Earth and Moon
The Solar System
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100
The length of time it takes for Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun.
What is 365 1/4 days or one year?
100
When the lighted part of the Moon grows bigger.
What is waxing?
100
A large object that orbits a star.
What is a planet?
100
The name of an exploding star.
What is a supernova?
100
The force of attraction between any two object.
What is gravity?
200
Keeps Earth in orbit around the Sun.
What is gravity and inertia?
200
A natural satellite that orbits a planet.
What is a moon?
200
The largest planet in the Solar System.
What is Jupiter?
200
A pattern of stars in the sky.
What is a constellation?
200
An instrument used to make distant objects seem larger and nearer.
What is a telescope?
300
When the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth.
What is a solar eclipse?
300
The moon phase when the lit side of the moon is facing away from the Earth.
What is new moon?
300
The make up of the surface of the inner planets.
What is rock?
300
Most asteroids in the solar system are found between two planets.
What is Mars and Jupiter?
300
Tides that occur during the first and last quarter.
What is neap tides?
400
The tendency of a moving object to keep moving in a straight line.
What is inertia?
400
When the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow.
What is a lunar eclipse?
400
An object so dense that nothing can escape it, not even light.
What is a black hole?
400
An object that produces its own energy, including heat and light.
What is a star?
400
The path one object takes around another.
What is orbit?
500
An object in the solar system that crosses paths with Earth and enters Earth's atmosphere.
What is a meteor?
500
The number of Moon phases in a month.
What is 8?
500
When spring tides occur.
What is during full and new moon phases?
500
A mixture of frozen gases, ice, dust, and rock that orbits the Sun.
What is a comet?
500
The pull of gravity from these two objects cause tides.
What is the Sun and Moon?
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