Sun
Earth
Gravity
Stars
100

Where the sun rises.

What is east.

100

What does the earth revolve around.

What is sun.

100

Why do all objects fall straight down?

What is because of gravity.

100

What are groups of stars.

What are constellations.

200

Where the sun sets.

What is west.

200

How long is a revolution?

What is 365 days.

200

Where does gravity pull objects?

What is toward the center of Earth.

200

What color are the hottest stars?

What is blue

300

What is a shadow?

What is A shadow is a dark area created when an object blocks light. 

300

When the sun is shining.

What is day.

300

Why do you weigh less on the moon?

What is gravity is weaker on the moon.

300

Why do we see stars only at night?

What is during the day, the Sun’s bright light makes it too hard to see other stars. 

400

Are shadows longer in summer or winter?

What is Shadows are longer in winter because the Sun is lower in the sky, casting longer shadows. 

400

When the sun is not shining.

What is night.

400

How does gravity keep the planets in orbit around the Sun?

What is the Sun's gravity pulls on the planets, keeping them in their orbits instead of flying off into space.

400

Why does the Sun look brighter than other stars, even though it’s not the biggest or hottest?

What is Because it is much closer to Earth than other stars. 

500

How does the position of the Sun change the length of your shadow during the day?

What are Shadows are longest in the morning and evening and shortest at noon when the Sun is overhead. 

500

What makes night and day.

What is rotation or spinning.

500

If you drop a bowling ball and a feather at the same time in a vacuum (without air), which one will hit the ground first? Why?

What is they will hit the ground at the same time because, without air resistance, gravity pulls all objects equally. 

500

Why do some stars appear brighter than others in the night sky? (hint: 3 things affect this)


What is Because of differences in distance, size, and temperature.