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Earth
Planets
Solar System
Moon
Other Heavenly Bodies
100
What is one full orbit of the Earth around the sun?
revolution
100
A gas giant, the largest planet.
Jupiter
100
Why do the plantet have different length years?
Their distance from the sun.
100
What do you call the moon or any object that orbits a planet?
Satellite
100
What is a frozen mass of different types of ice and dust orbiting the sun?
A Comet
200
What is the imaginary line that the Earth spins on?
axis
200
Name the 4 rocky planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
200
What insulates the Earth and keeps it from over heating?
The Atmosphere
200
Why does the Moon's surface never change?
The moon has no water or wind.
200
What is a rocky mass that orbits the sun and can usually be found between Earth and Mars?
An Asteroid
300
What is one spin of the Earth in 24 hours?
rotation
300
What do Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune have in common?
They are all gaseous giants.
300
What is the longest day of the year?
June 21
300
What phase of the moon is it when the moon passes between the earth and the sun?
New Moon
300
What is a shooting star?
A meteor
400
What causes the seasons?
The Earth's tilt
400
What do you call a spacecraft that visits planets to gather data?
A space probe
400
When the Northern Hemisphere is having winter what is the Souther Hemisphere having?
Summer
400
What kind of tides could we expect during a new moon or a full moon?
The highest tides.
400
What do you call a meteor that falls to Earth?
A meteorite
500
What is the shape of the Earth's orbit?
elliptical
500
Name the planets in order from the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth , Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
500
Where is the warmest place on earth?
At the Equator
500
Can you name 4 phases of the moon?
New Moon, Crescent Moon, First Quarter, Gibbous, Full Moon, Third Quarter, Gibbous
500
This is sometimes called a small asteroid.
A meteoroid