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The Sun
The Seasons
The Inner Planets
The Outer Planets
Earth & Moon
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Our sun is classified as this.
What is a star?
100
The orbit a planet makes around the sun.
What is a revolution?
100
Another name for the inner plannets.
What are the terrestrial planets?
100
Largest planet, named after the head god.
What is Jupiter?
100
Phase of the moon when we can't see it.
What is a new moon.
200
Distance in km that the sun is from earth.
What is 150 million km?
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One complete turn on a planet's axis.
What is rotation?
200
Named after the messenger of the gods, closest planet to the sun, shortest revolution around the sun.
What is Mercury?
200
The second largest planet, called the ring planet.
What is Saturn?
200
Orbit is 365.25 days and rotation is 24 hours.
What is Earth?
300
The hottest part of the sun, reaching temperatures of 15 million degrees C.
What is the core?
300
When that hemisphere is pointing directly toward the sun, so it receives the most direct sunlight.
What is the summer solstice?
300
Only planet where life is found, becsuse water can exist in liquid form.
What is Earth?
300
3rd largest planet, rotation is opposite of the rest of the planets and on its side, like a bowling ball.
What is Uranus?
300
Eclipse that occurs when the moon passes between the earth and sun, blocking out the sun.
What is a solar eclipse?
400
The dark spots on the sun's surface that are cooler than the surrounding gases.
What are sunspots?
400
Opposite of the summer solstice; the shortest day of the year.
What is the winter solstice?
400
Named after the roman god of war, nicknamed the red planet.
What is Mars?
400
Named after the Roman god of the seas, 4th largest planet, nicknamed the"blue planet".
What is Neptune?
400
Eclipse where earth passes between the sun and moon and casts a shadow on the moon, blocking it out.
What is a lunar eclipse?
500
The diameter of the sun in km.
What is 1,300,000 km?
500
Occurs around Sept. 21, when both hemispheres receive equal amounts of sunlight and days and nights are equal.
What is the autumnal equinox?
500
Named after the Roman goddess of love, called the Earth's twin, brighest object in the morning and evening sky.
What is Venus?
500
Smallest planet, now classified as a dwarf planet, longest revolution around the sun.
What is Pluto?
500
Number of days it takes for the moon to go from new moon back to new moon again.
What is 29.5?