Vocabulary
Order of Planets
All about Stars
Earth and the Moon
Gravity
100

What is all existing matter and energy in space?

What is the Universe

100

What is the closest planet to the sun?

What is mercury?

100

Why do some stars appear brighter or dimmer than others?

What is the brighter stars are closer to us and the dimmer stars are further from us?

100

What does Earth's rotation cause?

What is day and night?

100

What is an evidence of gravity pulling on objects?

What is an apple falling from a tree, a notebook falling or pencil falling from a desk? 

200

What is a collection of stars, and their solar systems, dust and gas?

What is a galaxy? 

200

What is order is Earth from the sun?

What is the third planet?
200

Why do some stars in the sky seem to move even though they are always in the same place?

What is because we are in orbit and moving and the stars are stationary? 

200

What does Earth spin on?

What is its axis? 

200

What is the direction of gravity for Earth?

What is gravity goes towards Earth?

300

What is a system of objects in space that includes at least one star, planets, their moons, asteroids, comets and other space debris?

What is the solar system?

300

What is the planet the comes after Earth in the order of the planets?

What is Mars?

300

Why are some some constellations only visible from the Northern or Southern hemisphere?

What are they are circumpolar constellations? 

300

What causes our seasons and year?

What is Earth's revolution? 

300
What object's gravity holds planets in orbit?

What is the sun? 

400

What is a group of stars called?

What is a constellation? 

400

What planet is the first gas giant in the planet order? 

What is Jupiter? 

400

What is a technology that helps us see stars?

What is a telescope? 

400

What is the placement of the sun, Earth and our moon in terms of our solar system?

What is the sun is the center, the Earth spins on it's axis and rotates in orbit around the sun while our moon rotates around the Earth?
400

What does object's gravity causes tides?

What is the moon?
500

What is the force that pulls objects towards Earth?

What is gravity? 

500

What is the last or 8th planet from the sun?

What is Neptune? 

500

What is the name of the star we can see from January to April?

What is Pollux? 

500

What is the difference between a solar and lunar eclipse in terms of placement of the sun, moon and Earth?

What is in a solar eclipse the moon blocks the sun and in a lunar eclipse the Earth blocks the moon. 

500

Why is gravity important?

What is because it keeps planets in orbit and things from floating around on Earth.