Day and Night
Miscellaneous
Planets!
Our Place in Space
Space bodies
100

What moon phase is this?

Full Moon

100

What is the name of our galaxy?

The Milky Way

100

What planet is this 

Venus

100

The Sun is a ___________

a star

100

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

200

The spinning of the Earth around the Sun

Revolution

200

When are shadows the longest?

Shadows are longest in the early morning, around sunrise, and in the late afternoon, just before sunset.

200

What's the former smallest planet and is now considered a dwarf planet? 

Pluto

200

How long does a rotation of the earth around it's axis take?

about 24 hours

200

We use this term to describe the suns light being blocked by the moon

a solar eclipse

300

How long does the moon cycle take?

27-29 days

300

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.

300

This is the largest planet in our solar system.

Jupiter

300

What is the only other planet in our solar system that we believe could sustain life?

Mars.

300

It is a NASA telescope in space

The Hubble space telescope. (James Webb is also acceptable) 

400

What phase of the moon is shown here?

New Moon

400

These are the rock planets.

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.

400

Between Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus, which one has the most moons?

Saturn. It has 82 moons.

400

the Earth rotating on it's axis, making a revolution around the sun.

400

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?

500

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.

500

How long is a revolution or a complete trip of Earth around the Sun?

365-366 days

500

What are tides?

The pull of the moon on Earth's oceans result in this

500

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

Orbit

500

This is the point when the moon is closest to the Earth in its elliptical orbit

Perigee