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SUN
SOLAR SYSTEM
MOON
EARTH
ATMOSPHERE
100
Earth's Sun is this size.
What is average size?
100
These other members are in the solar system besides the sun and planets (3)
What are comets, moons, and asteroids?
100
We see different phases of the moon because of this.
What is reflected light from the Sun?
100
This causes the length of one day on Earth to be 24 hours.
What is rotation?
100
Where the atmosphere is located.
What is a thin shell around Earth?
200
The Sun is this much bigger than Earth.
What is a million times?
200
Earth's orbit is this shape.
What is circular?
200
Earth orbits the sun while the the moon orbits this.
What is Earth?
200
Earth's rotation causes the Sun and Moon to appear to rise here.
What is the Eastern Horizon?
200
The four major things in the atmosphere.
What are nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor?
300
Stars are so far away that they look like this.
What are points of light?
300
This is the force that keeps the planets in orbit around the sun.
What is gravity?
300
These result from seeing different portions of the lighted area of the moon's surface.
What are phases of the moon?
300
Earth revoloution around the sun defines the length of a year as this many days.
What is 365 1/4 days?
300
The atmosphere is divided into this many layers with distinct properties.
What is six?
400
How would you compare distances between stars?
What is vast?
400
The regular and predictable motions in the solar system explain these seven things.
What is a day, a year, phases of the moon, eclipses, tides, meteor showers, and comets?
400
The phases of the moon repeat in a cyclic pattern this often.
What is a month?
400
These two things cause the seasons.
What are revoloution and tilt?
400
Nearly all weather occurs in the lowest layer of the atmosphere.
What is the troposphere?
500
What are the major bodies in the solar system?
What are the sun and planets?
500
These two things are based on celestial observations.
What are time and the coordinate system?
500
The apparent motios of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars across the sky can be explained by these two things.
What is Earth's rotation and revolution?
500
The length of daylight depends on these two things.
What are latitude and seasons?
500
As altitude increases, air pressure does this.
What is decreases?