The Moon
Solar System
Satellites and Other Stuff
Vocabulary Terms
100

Rank the following objects from smallest to largest:  

      Moon     Sun      Earth



moon, earth, sun

100

How many days does it take for the earth to revolve around the sun?

365 Days

100

What is the central and only star in our solar system?

The Sun

100

The path the earth takes when it revolves around the sun.

orbit

200

What is the name of the moon phase where it appears that there is no moon at all?

New Moon

200

What planet did we send the rover Curiosity to, which recently lost power for good?

What is Mars.
200

Name a natural satellite in our solar system?

What is the Earth's moon

200

To spin around on a fixed point.

rotate

300

How many days does it take for the moon to complete one revolution around the Earth?

28

300

What planets are considered to be gaseous?  

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

300

What was the first satellite launched into space?

What was Spudnik.

300

An imaginary line going through an object around which it turns.

axis

400

If Werewolves were real, how often would they be transformed into wolves and why do you think so?

Once a month, because that is how often we have a full moon. 

400

This planet has a VERY tilted Axis

Uranus

400

Name a use for human-made satellites?

What is 

navigation, reconnaissance, weather tracking, map making, scientific research or communication.

400

When one object moves around another larger object.

revolve

500

Name the moon phase: 

waxing gibbous

500

These planets have no moons 

What is Mercury and Venus.

500

Explain why the Earth has different seasons?

The Earth has different seasons because it is tilted on it's axis and at different points in the year either the nothern or southern hemisphere is closer to or farther away from the sun. 

500

The angle at which the Earth leans on its axis that is responsible for the change in seasons.

tilt

600

Name the moon phase:


Waning Crescent 

600

This planet uses the greenhouse effect to maintain a significant amount of heat.  

Venus

600

Which planet has the most moons?

What is Jupiter with 67.

600

A group of objects that revolve around a single star.

Solar System