The Moon
When the moon is not visible in the sky from Earth, it is called
New moon
The heaviness of an object.
Weight
An object spinning on an axis is called.
Rotation
Earth completes a rotation in ______
24 Hours
What are the three layers of the Earth?
Core, Mantle, Crust
Each phase of the moon cycle takes how many days?
3.5
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The imaginary line the Earth rotates around.
Axis
This Movement causes night and day.
Rotation
Due to it's distance from the sun, Earth's climate is not too hot, not too cold, but it's just right. This is called..
The Goldilocks Zone.
The moon revolves around the earth every...
28 Days
The star in the center of our solar system that gives heat and light.
Sun
An object making a complete turn around another object.
Revolution
Earth's revolution takes how long?
365 Days
The layer of gas surrounding the Earth held in place by gravity.
Atmosphere
These are bowl shaped cavities on the moons surface.
Craters
The only life supporting planet in our solar system.
Earth
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The Earth's tilt on it's axis causes what?
Seasons
The natural satellite that orbits the Earth.
The moon.
____ means getting bigger, ____ means getting smaller.
waxing, waning
Name the 8 planets in order.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
The sun rises in the _____ and sets in the _____.
East, West
An imaginary line an object follows through space around another object.
Orbit
How many moons does the Earth have?
One