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100

Name the inner planet that is 0.7 AU from the sun and is closest in size to our own planet.

Venus

100

Name the largest planet in our solar system, which is also 5.2 AU from the sun, and just beyond the Asteroid Belt.

Jupiter

100

Name the cycle that is caused by Earth's rotation.

The Day & Night Cycle

100

What do we call a meteoroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere?

Meteor

100

Name the scientific instrument that is used to view objects in space.

Telescope

200

List the inner planets in order from the sun.

1. Mercury

2. Venus

3. Earth

4. Mars

200

Name the outer planet that has 62 moons (9 of which are unconfirmed) and is 9.5 AU from the sun.

Saturn

200

Name the cycle that the tilt of Earth's axis revolving around the sun causes.

The Seasons

200

What do we call a meteor once it hits the ground?

Meteorite

200

Meteor showers are a result of what?

Earth orbiting through a comet's tail

300

Name the smallest of the inner planets.

Mercury

300

Which planet is the smallest of the outer planets with a diameter of 49,244 km?

Neptune

300

Name the two moon phases that works with the moon's gravity to pull surface waters on Earth, creating a higher high tide and a lower low tide.

Full Moon and New Moon

300

What do we call dirty space snowballs that are made up of dust, ice, and frozen gases? 

Comet

300

When the moon blocks the rays of the sun from reaching Earth, casting a shadow on Earth we are experiencing what type of eclipse?

Solar

400

Name the largest of the inner planets.

Earth

400

List two things that the outer planets have in common.

1. gaseous

2. relatively large in size

400

Name the moon phase that comes right after a full moon.

Waning Gibbous

400

Name the type of space body that may have caused the the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Asteroid

400

The size of the moon is comparable to Earth by this fraction.

1/4

500

List the two things all of the inner planets have in common.

1. relatively small size

2. rocky surfaces

500

List the outer planets in order of distance from the sun.

1. Jupiter

2. Saturn

3. Uranus

4. Neptune

500

What is the name of the tide characterized by a lower high tide and a higher low tide due to the sun's gravitational pull working against the moon's gravitational pull.

Neap Tide

500

How is energy produced in the sun's core?

Nuclear Fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium atoms.

500

Due to this feature of the Jovian planets, the gases of their atmospheres do not escape into space.

strong gravitational pull