Earth
The Moon
Seasons
Tides
Eclipses
100

The outer layer of the Earth's crust is called this.

What is the crust?

100

This is the name of Earth's natural satellite.

What is the moon?

100

This is the cause of the seasons on Earth.

What is the tilt of Earth's axis?

100

This is the name for the daily changes in ocean water levels.

What are tides?

100

This happens when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun.

What is a solar eclipse?

200

This keeps the denser materials in the center of the Earth.

What is gravity?

200

This is what happens when the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun.

What is a lunar eclipse?

200

This is when summer occurs in the Northern Hemisphere.

What is when the North Pole is tilted toward the Sun?

200

This is the cause of high tides.

What is the Moon's gravitational pull on the Earth?

200

This occurs when the Moon's shadow completely blocks the Sun.

What is a total solar eclipse?

300

The Earth's mantle is mostly made of this.

What is solid rock?

300

This is how old the surface of the moon is.

What is approximately 4.5 billion years?

300

This is what the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere is called.

What is the summer solstice?

300

This is the number of high tides that occur in most places each day.

What is two?

300

This is how often a solar eclipse occurs.

What is rarely?

400

This is what the core of the Earth is mostly made of.

What is iron?

400

This is how the moon probably formed (according to scientists).

What is a big collision with a Mars-sized asteroid?

400

This is the name for when day and night are nearly equal.

What is an equinox?

400

This is the name for what happens during a new or full moon when the Sun and the Moon align.

What are Spring Tides?

400

This is how long a lunar eclipse can last.

What is hours? (Up to 5 hours)

500

These caused the Earth to heat up during its formation.

What are collisions of different materials?

500

This is what moon rocks tell us about Earth.

What are Earth's early days?

500

This is the position of the Sun during the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.

What is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn?

500

These occur when the Moon and the Sun are at right angles to each other.

What are neap tides?

500

This is the name for the inner, cone-shaped part of Earth's shadow where all light is blocked.

What is the umbra?