Nickname for Earth, Because it is over 70% water
What is the Blue Planet
This gas makes up the majority of the Earth's atmosphere?
What is Nitrogen
The third planet from the sun
What is Earth?
This makes the Moon appear to shine
What is Sunlight
Moon's gravity is ________ of Earth's gravity
What is 1/6th
main parts of the Earth's structure
Crust, Mantle , Core
Hottest layer
What is the thermosphere?
The 5th Largest Planet
What is Earth?
The amount of time it takes the moon to rotate around Earth
What is 27 days
The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.
What is Gravity
T OR F: All life is based on carbon
True
Layer of the atmosphere we live in
What is the troposphere
The Sun is classified as this
What is a star
The moon is full of these "holes"
What are Craters
If you weigh 200 Newtons on earth, how much do you weigh on the moon
33.33333
We use these natural disasters to learn about earth's internal structure
What are earthquakes
Percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere?
What is 21%?
This is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research
What is NASA?
These are also known as Half-Moons
What are Quarter Moons
The effect the moon's gravity has on earth
What are tides?
T OR F: Earth is the only planet that can sustain life
False (No one knows that for certain)
These two layers make up the Thermosphere
What are the Ionosphere and Exosphere
We live in this Galaxy
What is the milky way
Every Moon cycle begins with this moon
What is a New Moon?
This bends space
*it starts with an M
What is Mass?