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What does the Earth ROTATE on?

Axis

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The moon is responsible for how high and low these are. 

Tides

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The name for a cluster of stars that forms a shape in the night sky.

Constellation

100

The number of planets we have in our solar system (not including Pluto).

8

100

This movement of the Earth causes day and night.

Rotation

200

It takes the Earth 365 days to complete one of these.

Orbit


200
The phenomenon when the moon is blocking the light from the sun.

Solar Eclipse

200

This motion of the Earth causes us to see different patterns of stars in the sky throughout the year.

Orbit

200

This planet is the closest to the sun.

Mercury

200
This invisible force is what causes planets and other celestial objects to orbit eachother.

Gravity

300

The phenomenon of seeing an object "disappear" or "sink" as it moves further into the horizon proves that the Earth is _______.

Round

300

This type of eclipse is one that you can safely look directly at.

Lunar Eclipse

300

True or false, the sun at the centre of our solar system is a star?

True

300

This gas giant is the largest planet in our solar system.

Jupiter

300

If the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, it would be this season in Austrailia.

Winter

400

Contrary to popular belief, this quality of the Earth is what causes the seasons.

Tilt

400

During the moon cycle, this phase is the first phase after the New Moon and would be visible from Canada as a thin strip of light on the right side of the moon.

Waxing Crescent Moon

400

If a star we see in the night sky is 100 light years away, how old is the light that we see in the exact moment that we view the star?

100 years 

400
It takes this planet about 165 Earth years to complete one full orbit around our sun.

Neptune

400

When the sun and moon are lined up in a straight line, it causes a greater fluctuation in the high and low tides. What is the name for this type of tide?

Spring Tide

500

This is the age of the Earth in years.

4.5 billion years

500

The term used to describe why we only see one side of the moon.

Tidal Locking

500

This is the name for the phenomenon that happens at the end of a star's life that causes it to expand and grow beyond its limits and inevitably explode.

Super Nova

500

In our solar system, light from the sun takes approximately this many minutes to reach the Earth.

8
500

This velocity is the speed of light.

300 000 km/second