Planets
How many planets are there?
8
What states that every object in the universe attracts every other object, depending on their masses and distances from one another?
The Law of Universal Gravitation
What is the periodic rising and falling of the surface level of ocean water?
Tide
What causes the seasons?
The tilt of the Earth's axis
What does Solar mean?
Pertaining to the Sun
What is the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass
Gravity
What is the point in the tidal cycle where the sea level is at its highest?
What season is it in the Northern Hemisphere when the Earth tilts towards the Sun?
Summer
Where is our Solar System located?
In the Milky Way Galaxy
What does the moon orbit?
The Earth
What is the point in the tidal cycle where the sea level is at its lowest?
Low Tide
What season is it in the Northern Hemisphere when the Earth tilts away from the Sun?
Winter
Name the planets in order from the Sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What is the tilt of the Earth's axis?
23.5 Degrees
A condition of the least difference between low and high tides
What are the two days of the year in which the sun's most direct rays reach farthest north or farthest south?
Solstice
What are the 3 things a planet must do to be a planet?
It must orbit a star, be big enough to have enough gravity to force a spherical shape, and be big enough that it can clear away any objects of a similar size in its orbit.
What influences the seasons, moon phases, tides and eclipses?
Earth, Sun and Moon
A condition of the greatest difference between low and high tides
Spring Tide
What are the two days of the year when day and night are almost the same length everywhere on Earth?