Earth
Sun
Moon
Stars
Earth,Sun,and Moon
100
What is the Earth made of?
Rocks (dirt, soil, etc.) and water
100
The Sun is made of plasma and gas. T/F?
True
100
What are the holes in the Moon called?
Craters
100
A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. T/F?
True
100
What is our galaxy called?
The Milky Way
200
How many planets is Earth away from the Sun?
3
200
How hot is the Sun?
10 million degrees Celsius
15 million degrees Celsius
20 million degrees Celsius
15 million degrees Celsius
200
What does the moon revolve around?
Earth
200
How can you tell difference between a star and a planet?
A start twinkles.
200
Can you land on earth, the sun and the moon?
No, only earth and the moon.
300
Earth revolves around what?
The Sun
300
What direction does the sun rise?
East
300
The moon rotates on its _ _ _ _.
Axle or Axis
Axis
300
In CONTACT, Ellie Arroway went to this star (_ _ _ _) and received a message from her father.
Vega
300
Do the sun, moon and earth all rotate?
Yes, all three rotate.
The moon matches its rotation with earth so we don't see it rotating.
400
Does Earth
a. revolve and rotate
b. just rotate
c. just revolve
Revolves around the sun and rotates on its axis.
400
What direction does the sun set?
West
400
There are 8 phases of the moon. One of them is a 'New moon" where the moon appears _ _ _ _ _.
New moon is between the sun and earth so it appears black.
400
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are groupings of stars into familiar-looking figures.
Constellations
400
What do the Earth, Moon, and Sun have in common?
They are all spheres.
500
Earth is the only planet not named after a God. T/F?
True
Nobody knows how the Earth got its name; we only know is that it is derived from an amalgamation of both the Old English and Old Germanic words for “ground”.
500
Name 2 reasons why we need the sun.
It gives us heat and light,
500
How many days are in the Lunar Cycle?
28 days
29 days
30 days
29 days
500
Name 5 constellations.
Aquarius, Taurus, Libra, Scorpio, Virgo, Aries, Cancer, Gemini, Leo, Pisces, Sagittarius, Orion, Pegasus, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, etc.
500
Do the sun, moon and earth all revolve?
Yes.
Moon around Earth
Earth around the Sun
Sun around the center of Milky Way