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Vocabulary
Seasons
Celestial Bodies
Planets
Miscellaneous
100
The path that Earth takes as it moves around the sun is its...
Orbit
100
Which detail explains WHY summers at the North Pole are cold? A. Winters are long at the poles. B. The North Pole is covered with ice. C. Earth’s orbit around the sun is elliptical. D. The sun’s rays are indirect at the North Pole.
D. The sun’s rays are indirect at the North Pole.
100

A natural body that revolves around a planet is a...

What is a MOON?

100
List the planets in order from closest to furthest from the sun.
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
100

Earth is located in which galaxy?

The MILKY WAY
200
Everything that exists, including planets, stars, dust, and gases, is the...
universe
200
Which is correct during summers in the Northern Hemisphere? A. Earth has its winter equinox. B. The Southern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun. C. The Northern Hemisphere is not tilted toward the sun. D. Rays of the sun hit the equator more intensely than during the winter.
B. The Southern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.
200
A chunk of frozen gases and dust. As it gets closer to the sun, it forms a tail. 

What is a COMET?

200
Explain how Saturn and Jupiter differ from Pluto.
Pluto is a dwarf planet. Also, Pluto, unlike the other outer planets, is small and rocky.
200

What is the name of a group of stars that form a picture in the sky? 

A CONSTELLATION
300
Stars, gas, and dust make up our
galaxy
300
What determines the seasons on Earth? A. Earth’s orbit and tilt B. the sun’s speed and the orbit of the sun C. changing directions of Earth’s orbit D. the position of the moon in relation to Earth
A. Earth’s orbit and tilt
300

A meteor that hits Earth's surface.

What is a METEORITE?

300
What makes earth different from the rest of the planets in our galaxy?
It can sustain life.
300
Why does the sun look bigger than other stars in our Solar System, even though it isn't.
It is the star that is closest to earth.
400

To spin on its axis. Causes us to experience Day and Night.

What is ROTATE?

400
Draw a picture of the earth and sun if it's winter in Ohio
Northern Hemisphere should be tilted away from the sun.
400

Known as a "shooting star."

What is an METEOR?

400
What is the difference in the make up of an inner planet and an outer planet?
Inner planets are solid, outer planets are gas.
400

Along with orbiting the sun and round or nearly round, what is the third characteristic of a planet? 

It has "cleared it neighborhood." 

500
To travel in a path around another object is to: rotate or revolve?
Revolve
500
How many degrees is the tilt of earth's axis at all times?
23.5 degrees
500

A large space rock with an irregular shape that hangs out between Mars and Jupiter.

What is an ASTEROID?

500
Between which two planets is the asteroid belt?
Mars and Jupiter
500
The color of a star is a clue to its surface temperature. Blue stars are the _____________, and red stars are the __________.
Blue are the hottest and red are the coolest