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Earth
Sun
Moon
Earth, Sun, and Moon
Miscellaneous
100
This makes the Earth different from all other planets.
What is it has a breathable atmosphere?
100

Why does the sun and moon appear the same size?

distance from Earth

100

This is another word for increasing in moon phases

Waxing

100
We see this part of the moon even though it rotates on its axis.
What is the same side of the moon?
100

Name the three different types of tides

diurnal, semidiurnal and mixed

200
This is how long it takes for the Earth to spin once on its axis.
What is 24 hours?
200
The sun is not considered a planet but is classified as being this. There are too many of these in our universe to even be counted.
What is a star?
200
This is how much time goes by from one full moon until the next time we see the next one.
What is about 1 month?
200

When the visible part of the moon increases each night, the moon is said to be __________

waxing

200

When it is spring in the Norther Hemisphere what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

Fall/Autumn

300
This is how long it takes for the earth to revolve once around the sun.
What is one year or 365 days?
300
Besides revolving around the sun, all planets also do this.
What is rotate on their axis?
300

During which phase of the moon does a lunar eclipse occur?

Full

300
These are what the paths the moon takes around the Earth, and the earth takes around the sun are called.
What are orbits?
300

The tilt of Earth's axis explains why we have ______.

Seasons

400
The Earth experiences night and day because of this.
What is because it rotates on its axis?
400
This is the reason why the moon appears bright in the sky at night.
What is it reflects light from the sun.
400
This is what we call the path the moon travels around the Earth.
What is its orbit?
400

This is the correct order of the phases of the moon.

What is New, Waxing Crescent, first quarter, Waxing gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, Waning Crescent, New Moon

400

Why do we have high and low tides?

the gravitational pull from the moon

500
These are the directions in which the sun appears to rise and set each day in the United States.
What is rise in the east and set in the west?
500
This is the type of eclipse that occurs when the moon travels in front of the sun and casts a shadow on the Earth.
What is a solar eclipse?
500
This type of eclipse ocurrs when the earth passes between the sun and the moon and causes a shadow to appear on the moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
500

Winter occurs in the Norther Hemisphere when it is __________.

Tilted away from the sun

500
This is the reason why you would be able to jump higher on the moon than on Earth.
What is because it has less gravity?