Show:
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
Earth: What a pretty color of blue
The Solar System... It is so big!
The Sun: What's that big, bright ball in the sky?
What's in the Mystery Box?
100
Dark areas on the Moon's surface created by lava flows are called what?
Maria
100
Is Earth's axis curved, vertical, tilted, or horizontal?
Tilted
100
The ______ includes the Sun, planets, asteroids, and comets.
Solar System
100
When the Sun, Earth, and the Moon are lined up and the full moon moves into Earth's shadow, a(n) _______ occurs.
Lunar Eclipse
100
A "what occurs when Earth moves into the Moon's shadow?
Solar eclipse
200
Light-colored areas on the Moon are called what?
Highlands
200
Earth completes one "what" each year?
Revolution
200
______ are used to measure distances between objects in the solar system.
Astronomical units
200
During each ______, the Sun is directly over either the Tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn.
Solstice
200
During a "what", Earth's tilt is not toward or away from the Sun?
Equinox
300
What are the changing views of the Moon as seen from Earth?
Moon phases
300
This is sometimes called Earth's twin because of its size and mass; surrounded by thick clouds
Venus
300
Almost all _______ in our solar system are located beyond Neptune.
Comets
300
Earth's curved path around the Sun is a(n) _________
Orbit
300
Why can Jupiter be considered a miniature solar system?
It is huge like the sun and has 61 moons, like "planets" orbiting around it.
400
Meteorites striking the surface of the moon created ______.
Craters
400
Earth's orbit around the Sun is ______.
Ellipitical
400
Our solar system is thought to have formed from a large ______, a rotating cloud of gas, ice, and dust.
Nebula
400
Which planet is the third from the Sun?
Earth
400
The _______ separates the inner and outer planets.
Asteroid belt
500
Describe the two motions of the Moon. (Be specific)
The Moon rotates on its axis once every 27.3 days, and it revolves Earth every 27.3 days.
500
How does Earth's tilt affect its seasons?
Earth's tilt affects the seasons by exposing the hemisphere that is toward the Sun to more direct solar radiation.
500
Name the outer planets in order.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
500
Earth ______ around the Sun causing us to experience ______.
rotates, seasons
500
Which outer planet is not like the others?
Pluto