Moon Phases
Tides
Eclipses
Seasons, Years, and Day
Solar System
100

What is larger a gibbous or crescent moon?

Gibbous

100

What is a tide

The daily rise and fall of the water on earth 

100

What is an Eclipse 

The event in which one object in space cast a shadow on another object in space

100

How long does it take the sun to orbit its central star 

Bonus: What causes this to happen

365.25 day 

Bonus: The force of gravity 

100

List the Inner planets in order

Bonus: What is the nickname given to them and why 

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, 

Bonus: Terrestrial Planets because they have hard rocky surfaces. 

200

The moon makes its own moonlight which is why we can see it at night 

False - Moon light comes from the sun 


200

How often does the tide change on earth 

How many high tides and low tides do we have each day 

6 Hours (6 hours and 12.5 mins to be exact) 

Bonus: Two of each 

200

True or False: The Moon revolves around the Earth.

True.

200

How long does it take the Earth to rotate once?

What does it cause?

24 hours

Day and night

200

List the Outer Planets in order 

Bonus: What is their nickname? 

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Bonus: Gas/Ice Giants 

300

List the Moon Phases in order 

New Moon 

Waxing Cresent 

1st Quarter 

Waxing Gibbous 

Full Moon 

Waning Gibbous 

3rd Quarter 

Waxing Cresent 

300

What is the cause of tides on the planet

Bonus 100: What has the biggest effect on tides 

The sun and moon's gravitational pull-on earth 

Bonus: Moon

300

List the Earth, Moon, and Sun in size order and age order:

Bonus 100: Rank them by age 

Size (smallest to largest): Moon, Earth, Sun

Bonus: Age (youngest to oldest): Moon, Earth, Sun

300

What seasons are the equinox's, which seasons are the Solstices. 


Bonus- How is sun distributed during Equinox

How is it distributed during a solstice. 

Equinox= Spring and Fall 

Solstices= Summer Winter

Bonus: Equinox equal days, Solstices unequal days 


300

List at least two differences between comets and asteroids 

Asteroid- Found in the Asteroid Belt, made of dust rock and metal, short period orbits around the sun 


Comets- Found in the Oort Cloud/Kuiper Belt, Made of Ice Dust, Long Period Orbits of the Sun, produce a tail when they pass the sun 

400

Which Moon Phases creates Spring Tides Along with Solar and Lunar Eclipse  

Full Moon- Lunar and New Moon- Solar 

400

What is a Neap tide and Which Moon phases cause them 

When the Tidal Range is at its lowest 

1st & 3rd Quarter Moons 

400

What is the order of the Earth Sun and Moon during a solar eclipse and Lunar eclipse and what is blocked in each eclipse 

Solar- Sun Moon Earth- (Sun Blocked)

Lunar- Sun Earth Moon (Moon Blocked) 


400

What season is it for us when Northern hemisphere is titled away from the sun? Explain Why 


Bonus What season would it be in the southern hemisphere 

Winter

Because they receive less direct sunlight causing temperatures to be cooler. 


Bonus: Summer 


400

When humans first started to study the solar system, they made it into a _________ model with the earth in the middle after more research came along, they found out that the _____ should be in the middle at it was remade into _________ model instead 

Geocentric 

Sun 

Heliocentric 

500

How Long does it take for the moon to go through all of its phases and start over 

Bonus: How many Full Moons and New Moons do we have each year 

28-30 Days 


Bonus: 13 

500

How you expect the tidal range to be at the beach if this was the order of the sun earth and moon the night before 

Large Tidal Range due to a spring tide cause by the full moon

500

Explain why we don't have an eclipse each month 

The moon orbits the earth with a 5-degree tilt causing it to miss the sun or the earth's shadow most of the time. 

500

Why don't places near the equator have true seasons but only experience the wet and dry seasons 

Sunlight is evenly distributed throughout the region, so they keep relatively the same seasons all year long 

500

Match these facts to the planet it belongs to '

-Has 7 layers of visible rings

-The first planet Discovered by a Telescope and spins on its side

-Has the fastest Wind in the solar system

-Known as the red planet, has two moons 

-Biggest planet in solar system

-Has a longer day than its year 

-Hottest planet in solar system 

-Only planet with known life

Mercury- Has a longer day than its year 

Venus- Hottest planet in solar system 

Earth - Only planet with known life

Mars- Known as the red planet, has two moons 

Jupiter- Biggest planet in solar system

Saturn- Has 7 layers of visible rings

Uranus- The first planet Discovered by a Telescope and spins on its side

Neptune - Has the fastest Wind in the solar system