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planets
the sun
the moon
miscellaneous
Misc. Pt 2
100
This is the planet that is closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
100
The sun is the center of this system.
What is the solar system?
100
The moon is a natural type of this that revolves around a bigger object.
What is a satellite?
100
This moon phase occurs when the moon is between the earth and sun so that the dark side of the moon faces earth.
What is the new moon phase?
100
The sun is this far away from earth.
What is 93,000,000 miles?
200
This is the 3rd planet from the sun.
What is earth?
200

The sun is a type of object in the sky.

What is a star?

200

How many phases does the moon have?

What is 8 phases

200
When the sun light shines on more and more of the moon, we say that the moon is doing this.
What is waxing?
200
The moon is this far away from earth.
What is 240,000 miles?
300
This is what all the planets have in common?
What is "they revolve around the sun?"
300
It takes the earth 365 days to do this.
What is revolve (orbit) around the sun?
300

This eclipse happens when the Moon is in between the Sun and Earth

What is a Solar Eclipse?

300

They believed the Earth was at the center

Who are Ptolemy or Aristole?

300

As this increases the pull of gravity decreases.

What is distance?

400
These are the rocky planets.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?
400
This is how long it takes earth to complete one rotation.
What is 24 hours --or one day?
400
These are the apparent shapes of the moon.
What are phases?
400
These two things cause the earth to experience seasons.
What is the tilt of the earth and its revolution around the sun?
400

What causes our orbit?

What is gravity?

500
These are the gas giants.
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
500

These two philosophers believed the Sun was the the center

Who are Copernicus or Galileo

500

This happens when Earth's shadow falls on the moon.

What is a Lunar Eclipse?

500

What holds all the planets together?

What is gravity?

500

This is an rock that has entered our atmosphere and it the Earth.

What is a meteorite?