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100

The orbit of the Earth around the Sun. 

What is elliptical?

100

Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus have this in common.

What are the gas planets?

100

This causes the temperatures of the North and South Poles to remain cold during the year. 

What is the tilt of the Earth's axis?

100

This is the correct order, from the Sun, of the inner planets. 

What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?

100

The Earth completes one of these on this. 

What are rotation and axis?

200

A student saw a shooting star last night. 

What is a meteor?

200

Craters last for millions of years on the Moon's surface because of this.

What is no wind or water to erode the craters?

200

This phase of the moon is the moon passing between the Earth and the Sun. 

What is the New Moon?

200

This happens when the Moon and the Sun form almost a 90 degree angle with Earth. 

What are low tides?

200

This part of the comet exists when the comet is close to the Sun and when the comet is far away from the Sun. 

What is a dust tail?

300

Earth rotating on its axis helps keep the planet at proper temperatures for life because of this. 

What is the Earth rotates quickly causing day/night to quickly follow each other in a short period of time?
300

Mars and Saturn have different year lengths because of this.

What is because their revolutions around the Sun take different amounts of time?

300

An asteroid is this. 

What is a rocky mass up to several hundred kilometers wide that revolves around the sun?

300

A meteor is this. 

What is a meteoroid that hits the Earth's atmosphere?

300

A meteoroid is this.

What is a small asteroid?

400

A meteorite is this. 

What is a meteoroid that strikes the Earth?

400

The names of the eight planets in order. 

What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?

400

This was originally a planet counted in our Solar System, but now is known as a dwarf planet. 

What is Pluto?

400

This was the name of the astronaut who landed on the moon. 

Who was Neil Armstrong?

400

The Solar System is made of this. 

What are the Sun, the planets, moons, and stars?

500

This is the only planet known to have life. 

What is the Earth?

500

This is the group that studies the Solar System. 

Who is NASA?

500

This is our galaxy.

What is the Milky Way?

500
This is in space to send signals to cell phones, take pictures, and study the solar system. 

What is a satellite? 

500

This is the best class in the school.

Who is Mrs. Green's fifth grade class?