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The Moon
Inner Planets
Sky Patterns
Outer Planets
The Solar System
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What does the Moon revolve around?
The Earth
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What are the Inner Planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
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The imaginary line that the Earth spins.
What is the axis.
100
What are the Outer Planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
100
Name the order of the planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
200
What is it called as the Moon changes during the month.
a phase
200
Which inner planet has a shorter year than day?
Venus. One revolution or year is 225 Earth days. One rotation or day is 243 Earth days.
200
Every 24 hours the Earth makes a complete spin on its axis.
What is a rotation.
200
How is the rotation of Uranus diffrent from the other planets?
It rotates on its side.
200
What is a chunk of rock that orbits around the Sun?
asteroid
300
What is the Moon phase called when we can see all of the lit moon.
Full Moon Phase
300
Which inner planet has the shortest day?
Earth. One rotation or day is 24 hours.
300
When during the day are shadows the shortest?
What is around noon.
300
What planet is farthest from the Sun?
Neptune.
300
What makes up the solar system?
the Sun, eight planets, and their moons
400
How much of the Moon is lit by sunlight?
Half the Moon.
400
Why is Mercury dry and hot?
It is the closest planet to the Sun.
400
Every 365 days the Earth makes one complete trip around the Sun.
What is a revolution.
400
The Great Red Spot that is actually a huge storm appears on which outer planet?
Jupiter
400
What features make living on Earth possible?
the atmosphere, mild temperatures, and liquid water
500
What is the sequence of the phases of the Moon starting with a New Moon.
New Moon, First Quarter Moon, Full Moon Phase, and Third Quarter Moon Phase.
500
Which inner planet has two moons and a reddish-orange rocky surface?
Mars
500
The Earth does not face the Sun at night.
Why can't we see the Sun at night.
500
This planet is the largest planet in the solar system and has over 60 moons.
Jupiter
500
What makes the planets able to orbit the Sun?
Gravity