Gravity
What is the direction of the gravitational force?
down
What is the only planet with liquid water?
Earth
What is the name for a group of stars that form a picture/pattern?
Constellations
Name one terrestrial planet
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What is the name for the changing shape of the moon you see over a "month" period?
Moon phases
Which part of Earth are objects pulled to?
the center of Earth
Hottest planet, surface of sulphuric acid
Venus
What is the star that gives the planets light and energy?
Sun
What causes day and night?
Earth spinning on its axis
Is a shadow longer or shorter at noon?
shorter
True or False:
Water rising from a pot of steam is an example of gravitational force.
False
*Bonus points if you know what this is an example of
What is Earth's only natural satellite?
The Moon
What part of the Sun do we see in the sky?
Photosphere
What is a mixture of frozen gases and dust that when it heats up leaves a glowing trail?
Comet
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun and the days are longer, what season is it?
summer
Which determines the gravitational force of objects?
Mass (larger mass means stronger pull)
What planet rotates at 98 degrees?
Uranus
What does the apparent brightness of a star depend on?
distance
What are large rocks in the solar system that are mostly found between the terrestrial planets and gas giants?
Asteroids
What direction will a shadow be in the morning?
What is the reason for Earth's seasons?
Earth's tilt and revolution around the Sun
What is the gas that makes Uranus and Neptune blue in color?
Methane
Stars give off light and energy, planets do not
Why do all the planets stay in a path around the Sun?
They have a fixed orbit
New Moon