If you looked in the sky in May and again in October, what would you notice about the constellations you see?
What is the constellations you see in May are different than the constellations you see in October?
BONUS:For 100pts can you tell me why the constellations are different?
100
What is a comet made out of?
What is ice and frozen gases with dust?
BONUS 100pts: What is the nickname for a comet?
100
How many planets are in our solar system?
What is 8 planets?
200
What is the closest star to Earth?
What is the sun?
200
Why do the sun, moon, and stars appear to move across the sky?
What is the Earth ROTATES on its axis?
200
If you wished to observe the craters on the moon, which instrument would you use?
What is a telescope?
200
What is an asteroid made of?
What is rocks, stones, and metals?
200
What is needed on a planet for life to exist?
What is water, light, air?
300
Why do stars all appear to look the same, although some are large and some are much smaller?
*Remember the activity outside when Evan, Zane, and Brooke were the stars*
What is stars are different distances from Earth?
300
Why do we experience seasons here on Earth?
What is the Earth's tilt on its axis as it revolves around the sun?
300
What are the four basic phases of the moon in order?
What is new moon, first quarter, full moon, third quarter?
300
What is a meteor made of?
What is hunk of rock or metal?
300
What causes craters?
What is an asteroid or a meteorite colliding with a planet?
400
What two things do stars give off?
What is heat and light?
400
A whole Earth year can be defined as what?
What is the time it takes for Earth to REVOLVE once around the sun?
400
Where does the moon get its light from?
What is the moon reflects the sun's light?
400
Between which two planets is the asteroid belt located?
What is between Mars and Jupiter?
400
List the planets in order, starting with the closest planet to the sun first.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?
500
What are stars?
What is big balls of burning gases.
500
What galaxy is Earth in?
What is the Milky Way?
500
What does waxing mean? What does waning mean? (Dealing with the moon)
What is waxing=gaining, waning=shrinking?
500
What is the difference between a meteoroid, a meteor, and a meteorite?
What is meteoroids are outside the Earth's atmosphere traveling around the sun, a meteor is when it enters the Earth's atmosphere, a meteorite is when it hits Earth.
500
Show me, using the globe and the "sun" (lamp), the difference between revolving and rotating.
What is the Earth rotating means it is spinning on its axis, the Earth revolving means it is orbiting, traveling, around the Sun.