planets
the sun
the moon
miscellaneous
numbers
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

What is waning when it comes to moon phases.

when the illuminated (light) gets smaller.

200
This is the 3rd planet from the sun.
What is earth?
200
The sun is a type of this gas sphere that gives off light and heat.
What is a star?
200

What causes the moon to stay in orbit around the earth?

what is gravity?

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

What would happen if our sun disappeared? 

all the planets would be thrown off their orbital and we would go into an ice age.

300

What is the one thing 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
The moon's gravitational pull causes this rise and fall of the ocean.
What are tides?
300

What degree is the earth's axis tilted?

23 degrees

300

Name all four seasons

winter, summer, fall, spring.

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 that occur approximately every 29.5 days. You must name three of them. 

What are moon 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

Why is the sun at the center of our universe?

Because it has the biggest mass and has the most gravitational pull.

500

What are the four outer planets


What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?

500

When the sun-moon-and earth are aligned, it causes this to happen

What is a solar eclipse?

500

When the Sun-earth-and moon are aligned, it causes this to happen.

What is a lunar eclipse?

500

Name the planets in order from closest to the sun to farthest from the sun.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

500

Which planet would it take the longest time to reach from Earth?

Neptune.