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Planets
The Sun
The Moon
This and That
Other Objects
100
Explain the difference in orbit time between Venus and Saturn.
Venus is closer to the Sun, so it orbits faster than Saturn.
100
The sun is the center of this system.
The solar system.
100
This moon phase occurs when the moon is between the earth and sun so that the dark side of the moon faces earth.
The new moon phase.
100
Day and Night occur because of this.
Day and Night occur due to the revolution of the moon around Earth.
100
I am small and rocky. I am broken off an asteroid or comet orbiting the Sun. I burn up as I enter the Earth's atmosphere.
A Meteor.
200
This is the 3rd planet from the sun.
What is earth?
200
What are some characteristics of our sun?
Gives off energy and light, medium sized star, center of our solar system.
200
How often does the moon cycle occur?
The moon cycle is 28 days.
200
Describe the shape of the Milky Way.
The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy.
200
This object is made of ice and dust with a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
A comet.
300
This is what all the planets have in common?
They revolve around the sun.
300
It takes the earth 365 days to do this.
Revolve (orbit) around the sun.
300
When the sun light shines on more and more of the moon, we say that the moon is doing this.
Waxing
300
Why do we see tiny points of light at night?
The tiny points of light are actually stars. They seem tiny, because they are farther away than our sun.
300
Jupiter has the most of these...67 in fact.
Moons
400
These are the rocky planets; also known as the Inner Planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
400
This is how long it takes earth to complete one rotation.
24 hours --or one day
400
What is the length of each phase of the moon?
Each phase lasts about 3-4 days.
400
These two things cause the earth to experience seasons.
The tilt of the earth and its revolution around the sun.
400
This object goes around the Sun in an elliptical orbit.
A comet.
500
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are known as the...?
Gas Giants Outer Planets
500
What is the composition of a star?
Stars are made of gases.
500
The moon has ... phases.
8 phases
500
Name the object: orbits around a star, very cold, has many rings, gaseous sphere
Outer Planet
500
I am made of rocks. You can say I'm too small to be a planet. I orbit a star. I am in the middle of a rocky planet and a gaseous planet.
Asteroid Belt