The Solar System
Phases of the Moon
Forms of Energy
Chemistry
Layers of the Atmosphere
100

Six of the eight planets in our solar system have at least one of these natural satellites.

What is a moon?

100

This is the lunar phase when the Moon appears fully illuminated from Earth's perspective.  The sunlit side is entirely visible from Earth.

What is a full moon?

100
The ability to do work or cause change.

What is energy?

100

The basic particle from which all elements are made.

What is an atom?

100

The first layer of the atmosphere closest to the Earth.

What is the Troposphere?

200

These are small, mostly rocky pieces found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

What are asteroids?

200

This happens when the moon's orbit is between the Earth and the sun.  The moon's illuminated side is facing the sun, and from the Earth, it appears completely dark.

What is a New Moon?

200

The type of energy that an object has due to motion.

What is kinetic energy?

200

Protons, neutrons and what make up an atom.

What are electrons?

200

The layer of the atmosphere in which weather occurs.

What is the Troposphere?

300

These are not in the Earth's atmosphere, are chunks of rock or dust, and are smaller than asteroids.

What are meteoroids?

300

The moon phase that come after the New Moon.

What is the Waxing Crescent?

300

Internal stored energy of an object.

What is potential energy?
300
The electrical charge of a neutron?

What is neutral?

300
In which layer of the atmosphere can you find the Ozone Layer?

What is the Stratosphere?

400

When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, the friction of the meteoroid with the air creates heat that produces a streak of light.  What is this called?

What is a meteor?

400
The moon phase the comes before the New Moon?

What is the Waning Crescent?

400

A form of energy that travels through space in waves.

What is electromagnetic energy?
400

The electrical charge of an electron?

What is negative?

400

In which layer can the Aurora Borealis be found?

What is the Thermosphere?

500
These are meteoroids that pass through the atmosphere and hit the Earth's surface.

What are meteorites?

500

What is the partial or total blocking of one object in space by another?

What is an eclipse?
500

Energy stored in an atom's nucleus.

What is nuclear energy?

500

All elements are arranged in order of atomic number on the __________________________

What is the Periodic Table or Periodic Table of Elements?

500

The ISS can be found in the Exosphere layer of the atmosphere.  What is the ISS?

What is International Space Station?