The Sun And The Earth And The Moon The Planets Potpourri Lunar Phases
2 The Sun is made of…
3 What are… Gases
4 The closest star to Earth
5 What is… the Sun
6 Seasons occur because of…
7 What is …. The tilt of the Earth on its axis and its revolution around the sun
8 365 days
9 What is… The time it takes for the Earth to REVOLVE around the sun
10 Revolution
11 What is… Occurs when one object moves around another object
12 One month
13 What is… The amount of time it takes for the Moon to orbit the Earth
14 We see the Moon because…
15 What is… … it reflects the Sun’s light
16 Effect of the Moon on Earth
17 What are… Tides (they occur twice daily; high tide and low tide)
18 The Moon’s gravity
19 What is … 1/6 th of Earth’s gravity
20 Two examples of differences between the Earth and the Moon
21 What are … Minimal atmosphere and no liquid water on the Moon
22 The force that keeps objects in orbit around the sun
23 What is …. Gravity
24 The planets, in order from the Sun
25 What are … Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (… and we all know about Pluto)
26 The two planets closest to Earth
27 What are… Venus and Mars
28 The inner planets
29 What are … Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
30 The outer planets
31 What are… Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Pluto)
32 Major source of energy for all life on Earth
33 What is … the Sun
34 The turning of an object on an axis
35 What is … Rotation
36 24 Hours
37 What is … The amount of time it takes for the Earth to rotate on its axis
38 The side of the moon that we see
39 What is … The same side (Due to its rotation speed)
40 Processes that cause changes to the Earth’s surface, but do not occur on the Moon
41 What are … Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
42 Caused by the change in the amount of sunlight that strikes the Moon as it revolves around the Earth
43 What are… the Phases of the Moon
44 The names of the Moon’s phases
45 What are … New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, and Waning Crescent
46 What we see during a New Moon
47 What is … Nothing (the Sun is shining on the side of the Moon that is facing away from Earth)
48 What we see during a Quarter Moon
49 What is … Half the surface of the Moon
50 What we see during a Full Moon
51 What is … The entire surface of the Moon that is facing us