Rotation/Revolution
Earth's Tilted Axis
Lunar Phases
Eclipses
Gravity & Solar System
100

This type of motion is the cause of day and night on Earth. It also is the reason the sun and stars appear to be moving in the sky when we know that they don't.

What is rotation?

100

This is one of the causes of the changing of seasons on Earth along with Earth's position relative to the sun.

What is the tilt of Earth's axis? 

100

We can see the moon in the night sky because of this

What is the sun's light reflected off of the moon's surface?

100

an event in which the shadow of one celestial object falls on another celestial object

What is an eclipse?

100

This celestial object is small and icy with a trail

What is a comet?

200

This type of motion takes 365 days for one full cycle. It is responsible for the seasonal changes on Earth including the patterns of constellations.

What is revolution?

200

The equator receives this type of sunlight, which results in higher temperatures on average. 

What is concentrated sunlight?

200

This word means a lunar phase is growing

What is waxing?

200

This type of eclipse occurs when the shadow of the moon falls on Earth

What is a solar Eclipse?

200

Gravity is an attractive force that depends on these two things.

What are mass and distance?

300

An object in space that is not placed there by humans, such as the stars, the sun, the moon, and even the planets

What is a celestial object?

300

When it is Summer here in the Northern Hemisphere, it is this season in the Southern Hemisphere

What is winter?

300

This lunar phase occurs during a solar eclipse

What is a new moon?

300

This type of eclipse occurs when the Earth's shadow falls on the moon making it appear red

What is a lunar eclipse?

300

Most asteroids in our solar system are located within the asteroid belt, located between these two planets

What are Mars and Jupiter?

400

These constellations seem to be moving slowly from east to west in the night sky as time passes

What are seasonal constellations?

400

This type of sunlight is spread out over a larger area resulting in cooler temperatures

What is diffuse sunlight?

400

Lunar phases are caused by the amount of this visible from Earth

What is the sunlit part of the moon?

400

Red light from the sun is able to pass through Earth's atmosphere and shines on the moon, sometimes called this

What is a blood moon?

400

Astronomers use Astronomical Units (AU) to make this easier to observe

What is the distance between celestial objects?

500

This type of constellation lies above or below Earth's orbital plane and never seem to move.

What are circumpolar constellations?

500

The Earth experiences seasonal changes that occur in a yearly pattern such as these three things

What are temperature, length of day, and location of sunrise/sunset?

500

This is the reason astronauts are able to leap lightly on the moon as opposed to on Earth.

What is less gravitational force?

500

We don't have an eclipse every month mainly because of this reason.

What is the moon's tilted orbit?

500

These 3 things are required to be classified as a planet

What are directly orbiting a star, being nearly spherical, and clearing its neighborhood?