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1 - 100 1 -100 It is a ball of ice, and rock and as it travels, leaves a long tail

1 - 100 1 -100 A Comet

1 -200 An instrument for making different objects appear closer and larger is…?

1 - 100 1 -200 A Telescope

1 -300 The Star closest to earth.

1 - 100 1 -300 A Sun

1 -400 An imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth from the North to the South Pole is called. .

1 - 100 1 -400 A axis

1 -500 An object that moves around another object is called what? .

1 - 100 1 -500 A Satellite

1 - 100 2 -100 How long does the moon take to revolve around Earth?

1 - 100 2 -100 A About 1 month or 29 ½ days

2 -200 What phase is it when the moon is between the earth & the sun and no light can be seen?

1 - 100 2 -200 A New Moon

It takes 24 hours for what to rotate on its axis? 2 -300

1 - 100 2 -300 A Earth

2 -400 What phase is it when the earth is between the moon and the sun allowing us to see the sun’s light?

1 - 100 2 -400 A Full moon

2 -500 What is it called when the amount of the lit side of the moon seen from earth increase?

1 - 100 2 -500 A Waxing

The moon is a small planet-like body that revolves around the what?

Earth

1 - 100 3 -100 This planet has rings that are easily seen from earth.

1 - 100 3 -100 A Saturn

3 -200 What does the earth rotate around?

1 - 100 3 -200 A It’s axis

The only planet where water is found in great quantities 3 -300

1 - 100 3 -300 A Earth

3 -400 Which planet is closer to the sun than earth?

1 - 100 3 -400 A Venus

The name of the belt that separates the inner and the outer planets? 3 -500

1 - 100 3 -500 A The asteroid belt

1 - 100 4 -100 How long does it takes for the earth to revolve or travel around the sun?

1 - 100 4 -100 A 365 days or 1 year.

4 -200 Another name for Terrestrial Planets

1 - 100 4 -200 A Rocky Planets

4 -300 What is this phase?

1 - 100 4 -300 A Waxing Crescent

What does a star’s color tell us about the star? 4 -400

1 - 100 4 -400 A The temperature or hot it is

4 -500 What is true about the sun? 1. It is hot ball of oxygen and nitrogen 2. It is a star made mostly of nitrogen.

1 - 100 4 -500 A It is a star made mostly of hydrogen & helium

1 - 100 5 -100 What are Earth, Venus, Mercury and Mars?

1 - 100 5 -100 A Inner planets

5 -200 What are the outer planets?

1 - 100 5 -200 A Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

5 -300 Outer planets are made up of mostly what?

1 - 100 5 -300 A Gasses

5 -400 Rocks make up this group of planets.

1 - 100 5 -400 A Inner planets

5 -500 What are the differences between the inner and outer planets and their moons?

1 - 100 5 -500 A Inner has few moons outer has many moons

The _____ rotates the earth, and the ____ rotates around the sun. 6 -200

Moon 1 - 100 6 -200 A Earth

1 - 100 6 -100 What are the two ways that the earth moves.

1 - 100 6 -100 A 1) On it’s axis 2) It revolves in a path around the sun

6 -300 What planet is not a planet?

1 - 100 6 -300 A Pluto

6 -400 A pattern of stars that form an imaginary picture or design in the sky?

1 - 100 6 -400 A constellation

6 -500 Explain the reasons for the earth’s seasons.

1 - 100 6 -500 A The tilt of the earth’s axis produces the seasons. During June, July, & Aug. the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun (summer) & the Southern Hemisphere is tilted away (winter).

What are the planets in order from the sun?

Mercury, Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

All About the Sun As the earth spins, the part facing the sun has…. ?

When the northern half of the Earth tilts toward the sun, that part has. . ?

Summer

What causes the sun to appear to rise and set in the sky?

The rotation of Earth on its axis

During the earth’s rotation when our side of the earth is turned away from the sun, we experience what?