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Along with the tilt of the earth, what MOTION causes Earth to have 4 seasons

Earth's orbit around the sun

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What is the name of our galaxy?

The Milky Way 

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Now considered a dwarf planet

Pluto

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Which other planet passes closest to Earth when in line with the sun?

Venus

100

What star is closest to Earth?

The Sun

100

It is a NASA telescope that is currently sending back high quality images of deep space

James Webb Telescope and/or Hubble

200

What shape is Earth's orbit around the sun?

Ellipse

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The gravitational pull of the Moon on Earth's oceans results in...

Tides

200

This planet has a runaway greenhouse effect and is very hot

Venus

200

Term for a group/pattern of stars

What is a constellation

200

Which star is second closest to Earth after the sun?

Proxima Centauri

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Name of the failed mission that sent a school teacher into space

Challenger

300

The spinning of the earth on it's axis causes

Day and night

300

When there is two full moons in one month

Blue moon

300

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Jupiter

300

What is the only other planet in our solar system that is believed to be able to sustain life?

Mars

300

How old is the Earth (to the nearest half a billion years)?

4.5 billion years old

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What nation was first to space?

Russia

400

How long does a rotation of the Earth around its axis take?

About 24 hours

400

One revolution around the sun on Earth is how long?

 365 (1/4) days

400

How many planets in our solar system

8

400

What is a light-year

The distance light can travel in one year

400

What word means relating to, or of the sun?

Solar

400

The first man in space

Yuri Gagarin

500

What motion causes us to see different stars at different times of the year

Earth's orbit around the sun and tilt


500

In what season are we closest to the sun

Winter

500

This planet has the greatest tilt

Uranus

500

What is the name for the path that a planet takes around the Sun? 

Orbit

500

When the moon blocks the light from the sun we call it:

Solar eclipse (April 8th 2024)

500

The most distant man-made craft in space. It carries with it messages from earth

Voyager