1. 1 150 200 250 500 100 150 200 250 500 100 150 200 250 500 100 150 200 250 500 100 150 200 250 500 100 The Sun And The Earth And The Moon The Planets Potpourri Lunar Phases

2. 2 The Sun is made of…

3. 3 What are… Gases

4. 4 The closest star to Earth

5. 5 What is… the Sun

6. 6 Seasons occur because of…

7. 7 What is …. The tilt of the Earth on its axis and its revolution around the sun

8. 8 365 days

9. 9 What is… The time it takes for the Earth to REVOLVE around the sun

10. 10 Revolution

11. 11 What is… Occurs when one object moves around another object

12. 12 One month

13. 13 What is… The amount of time it takes for the Moon to orbit the Earth

14. 14 We see the Moon because…

15. 15 What is… … it reflects the Sun’s light

16. 16 Effect of the Moon on Earth

17. 17 What are… Tides (they occur twice daily; high tide and low tide)

18. 18 The Moon’s gravity

19. 19 What is … 1/6 th of Earth’s gravity

20. 20 Two examples of differences between the Earth and the Moon

21. 21 What are … Minimal atmosphere and no liquid water on the Moon

22. 22 The force that keeps objects in orbit around the sun

23. 23 What is …. Gravity

24. 24 The planets, in order from the Sun

25. 25 What are … Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (… and we all know about Pluto)

26. 26 The two planets closest to Earth

27. 27 What are… Venus and Mars

28. 28 The inner planets

29. 29 What are … Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

30. 30 The outer planets

31. 31 What are… Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Pluto)

32. 32 Major source of energy for all life on Earth

33. 33 What is … the Sun

34. 34 The turning of an object on an axis

35. 35 What is … Rotation

36. 36 24 Hours

37. 37 What is … The amount of time it takes for the Earth to rotate on its axis

38. 38 The side of the moon that we see

39. 39 What is … The same side (Due to its rotation speed)

40. 40 Processes that cause changes to the Earth’s surface, but do not occur on the Moon

41. 41 What are … Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition

42. 42 Caused by the change in the amount of sunlight that strikes the Moon as it revolves around the Earth

43. 43 What are… the Phases of the Moon

44. 44 The names of the Moon’s phases

45. 45 What are … New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, and Waning Crescent

46. 46 What we see during a New Moon

47. 47 What is … Nothing (the Sun is shining on the side of the Moon that is facing away from Earth)

48. 48 What we see during a Quarter Moon

49. 49 What is … Half the surface of the Moon

50. 50 What we see during a Full Moon

51. 51 What is … The entire surface of the Moon that is facing us