Planets
The only planet to contain life is
What is Earth?
An imaginary picture in the sky that is made by connecting stars.
What is a constellation?
Days are longer in the summer because
What is the earth's axis is tilted towards the sun?
Our solar system is known is part of this galaxy.
What is the Milky Way?
These are the four inner planets known as the rocky planets.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?
What is the Sun and stars?
It is colder in the winter because
What is sun rays are more spread out over a large area?
Our shadow cast by the sun moves because
What is the earth rotates causing the sun to appear to rise and set?
We use this word to describe when the Earth is closest to the Sun during its orbit.
What is perihelion?
The Earth is tilted this many degrees.
What is 23.5?
Name three constellations.
What is ...
When the North Pole is pointed towards the sun it is this season in the northern temperate zone.
What is summer?
A ball of gas, ice, and rock travelling through space.
What is an asteroid?
This planet has the most moons.
What is Jupiter?
The North Star.
What is Polaris?
This device containing a gnomon can tell time.
What is a sundial?
This celestial body is the center of our universe.
What is the Sun?
Name the planets in order from closest to furthest from the sun.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune?
A galaxy is
What is a large cluster of stars?
The sun comes up in the east, so our shadow will appear in what direction at 8:00 am?
What is the west?
The study of the universe and all bodies that appear in the sky.
What is astronomy?