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ROTATION
REVOLUTION
THE MOON
THE PLANETS
THE EARTH
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The Earth rotates this many times in 24 hours.
What is once?
100
The amount of days it takes for Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun.
What is 365.25 days?
100
Where the light from the Moon actually comes from.
What is The Sun?
100
The last planet in the solar system, farthest from the Sun. This planet has 13 moons.
What is Neptune?
100
This covers most of the Earth's surface.
What is Water?
200
The direction in which Earth rotates.
What is counter-clockwise?
200
The shape of Earth's orbit around the Sun.
What is an ellipse?
200
The moon phase where we don't see any reflected light on the Moon.
What is New moon?
200
The closest planet to the Sun and our Solar System's second-smallest planet.
What is Mercury?
200
These gases get trapped in Earth's atmosphere and cannot escape.
What are greenhouse gases?
300
The imaginary line around which Earth rotates.
What is axis?
300
Periods of time where climate change occurs, we have four per year here in Pennsylvania.
What are seasons?
300
The amount of time it takes to complete moon cycle.
What is about 28 days?
300
It's rings are believed to be pieces of this planet's former moon.
What is Saturn?
300
97% of Earth's water can be found here.
What is Oceans?
400
The periods of darkness and light caused by the rotation of the Earth.
What is day and night?
400
A year that has 366 days, occurring once every four years.
What is a leap year?
400
Happening one week after the full moon, we see sunlight reflected on the left side of the moon during this moon phase.
What is 3rd quarter moon?
400
The second to last planet in our solar system, this planet is tipped on it's side.
What is Uranus?
400
The two seasons on Earth we experience when the Sun's direct rays are aimed at the equator.
What are spring and fall?
500
The amount of the the Earth that is in total darkness at one time.
What is half?
500
The hemisphere we live in.
What is The northern hemisphere?
500
The shape we see between the new moon and first quarter moon phases.
What is A crescent?
500
The only planet that sustains life.
What is Earth?
500
The degree to which Earth is tilted on it's axis.
What is 23.5 degrees?