Name that Planet
Planets vs. Stars
Space Jam
Vocabulary
Day and Night
100
What is Earth?
100
These items orbit a star
What are planets?
100
28 days
What is the amount of time it takes for the Moon to orbit Earth?
100
Rotation
What is to spin around a center?
100
Half of the Earth is illuminated by the Sun
What is daytime?
200
This planet is the farthest away
What is Neptune?
200
Made of gases
What are stars?
200
1 year
What is how long it takes for Earth to orbit the Sun?
200
Axis
What is the imaginary line that runs through Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole?
200
Term for the Earth rotating away from sunlight into darkness
What is sunset?
300
This planet is the largest
What is Jupiter?
300
Come in different sizes
What are planets and stars?
300
24 hours
What is how long it takes the Earth to make one full rotation?
300
Solar system
What is the sun and objects that orbit it?
300
Term for Earth rotating from darkness to light
What is sunrise?
400
This planet is known for its rings
What is Saturn?
400
Make their own light
What are stars?
400
Astronomer
What is a scientist that studies space and the objects in it?
400
Model
What is something we can use to represent something else?
400
This causes more daylight in the summer than in the winter
What is the Earth's tilt?
500
This planet is between Earth and Jupiter
What is Mars?
500
Made of solids, liquids, and gases
What are planets?
500
In 2006, this planet was renamed a dwarf planet
What is Pluto?
500
Orbit
What is to travel a repeating path around an object?
500
The sun rises in the _______ and sets in the _____.
What is the sun rises in the east and sets in the west?