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Day and Night
Reasons for the Seasons
Phases of the Moon
Inner Planets
Outer Planets
100
When earth (or any planet) spins on its axis.
What is rotation?
100
Travels in a path around the sun
What is definition of revolves?
100
A small planetlike body that revolves around Earth rather than the sun.
What is the moon?
100
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
What are the inner planets?
100
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What are the outer planets?
200
24 hours
What is the amount of time it takes for earth to rotate?
200
An object's path in space around another object.
What is the definition of orbit?
200
29 1/2 days
What is the amount of time it takes for the phases of the moon to go through a complete cycle?
200
Rocky surfaces
What are the inner planets made of?
200
Gas
What is the surface of the outer planets?
300
An imaginary line that passes through the North and South Poles
What is an axis?
300
265 1/4 days
What is the amount of time it takes for earth to revolve around the sun?
300
new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, and waning crescent
What are the eight phases of the moon?
300
Venus
What is hottest planet?
300
This planet rotates on its side as it orbits the sun.
What is Uranus?
400
Night happens when Earth faces this direction.
What is the time of day when earth faces away from the sun?
400
Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring
What are the four seasons?
400
Waxing
What is the term when the moon appears to get bigger?
400
Earth
What is the only planet to have liquid water and huge amounts of oxygen to support life?
400
This planet has rings that are visible from Earth.
What is Saturn?
500
Day occurs when Earth faces this direction.
What is the time of day when earth faces the sun?
500
Earth's tilted axis
What is the cause of seasons?
500
The moon reflects light from the sun at different angles.
What is the reason for the different phases?
500
2 moons
What is most amount moons the inner planets have?
500
This planet has a diameter 11 times greater than Earth!
What is Jupiter?