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Planets
Moon
Tides
Solar System
Seasons
100
The third planet from the sun, where we live.
What is Earth?
100
A small rocky object that orbits the Earth.
What is the moon?
100
The term for when the water level is highest.
What is high tide?
100
The closest star to Earth.
What is the Sun?
100
There are ____ seasons in a year.
What is four?
200
The planet right after Earth when moving away from the Sun. Rovers Curiosity and Opportunity are currently there.
What is Mars?
200
The amount of time it takes the Moon to orbit the Earth.
What is a month? (What is 29 days?)
200
The cause of the tides.
What is the pull of the moon's gravity?
200
The term for the paths the planets take around the sun.
What is an orbit?
200
The season in which the northern hemisphere receives more sunlight.
What is Summer?
300
The largest of the gas giants. Has a large red spot made by a never-ending storm.
What is Jupiter?
300
The term used to describe a moon that is becoming more lit up.
What is a waxing moon? (What is waxing?)
300
What we call the areas of high tide when looking at the planet Earth as a whole. There are two.
What are the tidal bulges/bumps?
300
The number of asteroid belts in our solar system.
What is two?
300
The cause of the temperature changes for different seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth?
400
The furthest gas giant from the Sun. Composed of icy gas and solids.
What is Neptune?
400
The name of the phase in which the moon is waning and only shows half of it glowing.
What is third quarter?
400
Low tides occur ________ to the position of the moon.
What is perpendicular? (Also accept "opposite" if described as perpendicular.)
400
The first planet after the asteroid belt.
What is Jupiter?
400
The month the Earth is closest to the Sun.
What is December?
500
This causes its planet to be much hotter than its neighbor Mercury, even though Mercury is closer to the sun.
What is Venus' atmosphere?
500
When one celestial body (solar system object) is covered by the shadow of another.
What is an eclipse?
500
When the high and low tide are not very far apart. When the Sun and moon are pulling on different tides.
What is a neap tide?
500
One of three dwarf planets in the Kuiper belt, neither of which is Pluto.
What is Haumea / Makemake?
500
The average amount of daylight hours (for Washington) in March.
What is (about) 12 hours?