What moon phase is this?
Full Moon
What is the name of our galaxy?
The Milky Way
What planet is this
Venus
The Sun is a ___________
a star
A small body in space that orbits the sun and is made of rock, gas and ice. These form a long tail (or two) when nearing the sun
a comet
The spinning of the Earth around the Sun
Revolution
When are shadows the longest?
Shadows are longest in the early morning, around sunrise, and in the late afternoon, just before sunset.
What's the former smallest planet and is now considered a dwarf planet?
Pluto
How long does a rotation of the earth around it's axis take?
about 24 hours
We use this term to describe the suns light being blocked by the moon
a solar eclipse
How long does the moon cycle take?
27-29 days
What is Moon?
The Moon is a large, rocky body and the only natural satellite of Earth, reflecting sunlight and orbiting our planet.
It is the closest object to Earth.
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
Jupiter
What is the only other planet in our solar system that we believe could sustain life?
Mars.
It is a NASA telescope in space
The Hubble space telescope. (James Webb is also acceptable)
What phase of the moon is shown here?
New Moon
These are the rock planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Between Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus, which one has the most moons?
Saturn. It has 82 moons.
the Earth rotating on it's axis, making a revolution around the sun.
A small rock in space, in the atmosphere, or having landed on Earths surface can will have one of these three names.
meteoroid, meteor, or meteorite?
What causes to have four seasons?
The Earth's tilted axis (about 23.5 degrees) causes the seasons by changing the amount of direct sunlight different hemispheres receive as the Earth orbits the Sun.
How long is a revolution or a complete trip of Earth around the Sun?
365-366 days
What are tides?
The pull of the moon on Earth's oceans result in this
What is the name for the path that a planet takes around the Sun?
Orbit
This is the point when the moon is closest to the Earth in its elliptical orbit
Perigee