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4. Question Answer A-100 QUESTION:About how long does it take for the moon to orbit the Earth? Answer: one month

5. Question Answer A-200  QUESTION:The word we use for the bowl-shaped holes made by asteroids on the moon’s surface is ______________.  Answer : craters

6. Question Answer A-300 QUESTION:What do we call the different shapes the moon appears to be in as seen from the Earth? Answer: moon phases

7. Question Answer A-400 QUESTION: How long does it take for the moon to orbit the sun? Answer: one year

8. Question Answer A-500 QUESTION: Name all eight phases of the moon in order starting with the new moon. Answer: crescent, first quarter, gibbous, full moon, gibbous, last or fourth quarter, crescent

9. Question Answer QUESTION: What percent of the Earth is water? Answer: 70% or 71% B-100

10. Question Answer B-200 QUESTION: In what direction does the Earth revolve around the sun? Answer: counter-clockwise

11. Question Answer B-300 QUESTION: Another word for the spinning motion of the Earth is ________. Answer: rotation

12. Question Answer B-400 QUESTION: Name the imaginary line that passes through the Earth’s center from the North to South Poles. Answer: axis

13. Question Answer B-500 QUESTION: One 24-hour cycle of daytime and nighttime is caused by the Earth’s ___________________. Answer: rotation

14. Question Answer C-100 QUESTION: Which planet is nearest to the sun? Answer: Mercury

15. Question Answer C-200 QUESTION: How many planets are in our solar system? Answer: Nine

16. Question Answer C-300 QUESTION: What is the shape of the orbit that the planets take around the sun? Answer: Ellipse (Elliptical orbit)

17. Question Answer C-400 QUESTION: Name the five outer planets. Answer: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto

18. Question Answer C-500 QUESTION: Name the planets in order according to their distance from the sun. Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto

19. Question Answer D-100 QUESTION: Name the four inner planets. Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

20. Question Answer D-200 QUESTION: The path the Earth takes around the sun is its ____________. Answer: orbit

21. Question Answer D-300 QUESTION: Name two things the Earth and moon have in common. Answer: Sample answers: Both rocky, spheres, revolve around the sun, have craters, have hills and mountains, rotate counter-clockwise, and have an axis

22. Question Answer D-400 QUESTION: Name two differences between the Earth and the moon. Answer: The Earth has an atmosphere and the moon does not. The Earth has water and the moon does not.

23. Question Answer D-500 QUESTION: Mercury is closer to the sun than Saturn, how does the difference in distance from the sun affect a planet’s revolution time? Answer: The more distance from the sun, the longer the revolution time.

24. Question Answer E-100 QUESTION: When it is summer in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere? Answer: Winter

25. Question Answer E-200 QUESTION: What degree is the angle of tilt of the Earth’s axis? Answer: 23.5 degrees

26. Question Answer E-300 QUESTION: The Vernal Equinox is the beginning of __________________. Answer: Spring

27. Question Answer E-400 QUESTION: Name one cause of the Earth’s seasons. Answer: 1) The tilt of the axis 2) The Earth’s revolution around the sun.

28. Question Answer E-500 QUESTION: Name a season when the number of hours of daylight and darkness are equal. Answer: Spring OR Fall