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100

What is Earth's only natural satellite?

The moon

100

An object that revolves around another object in space is called a what?

Satellite

100

Which planet is closest to the Sun?

Mercury

100

What is the outermost layer of Earth called?

Crust

100

Earth is able to shift and change because it is separated into large sections called what?

Plates

200

One full rotation of Earth on it's axis results in one...

Day

200

What is the name of the United States government agency in charge of the space program?

NASA

200

Which planet is the largest?

Jupiter

200

What is the name for the part of Earth that contains all of Earth's water

Hydrosphere

200

Areas that lie along fault lines are more susceptible to what?

Earthquakes

300

The tilt of Earth on its axis as it revolves around the sun causes what?

Seasons

300

What is the name for a spacecraft that can carry a crew into space and return them to Earth again?

Space Shuttle

300

Name one of the two planets that are a blue or bluish green color

Uranus & Neptune

300
What type of heat transfer occurs between materials that are touching?

Conduction

300

What was the name of the large, single land mass supercontinent that scientist believe once existed before continental drift?

Pangea

400

The strength of an object's gravitational pull on another object depends on what two factors?

Mass & Distance

400

A small robot that can move around different surfaces in outer space to collect data is called a what?

Rover

400

Name the planets in order from closest to the sun to furthest (not counting Pluto)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

400

What type of rocks form from the cooling and hardening of lava?

Igneous

400

A volcano that is sleeping but expected to awaken is called what?

Dormant

500

A total lunar eclipse can only be seen when you are in what part of the moon's shadow?

Umbra

500

Name one of the first spacecrafts to carry astronauts into space for the US.

Freedom 7 or Friendship 7

500

What is the name for the shape of the orbital paths that the planets follow?

Ellipitical

500
The part of the process in the formation of sedimentary rocks that creates layers of sediment as it settles out of water or wind.

Deposition

500

Name one of the landforms that magma can create (that we learned about)

Volcanic necks, dikes, sills , dome mountains, batholiths