Question 1

spinning around the axis

Accepted Answer

rotation

Answer

revolution

Answer

merry go round

Question 2

Takes 24 hours and causes day and night because

Accepted Answer

Earth's rotation.

Answer

the cow jumped over the moon.

Answer

Earth revolution around the sun.

Question 3

The motion of one object around another is

Accepted Answer

revolution.

Answer

a bad idea- dizzy!

Answer

rotation.

Question 4

Takes on year for the Earth to ______________ around the sun.

Accepted Answer

revolve

Answer

rotate

Answer

shrink

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disappear

Question 5

The Earth's _______________ around the sun causes seasons.

Accepted Answer

revolution

Answer

appetite

Answer

coat

Answer

rotation

Question 6

The periodic rise and fall of water level within the ocean is called

Accepted Answer

tides.

Answer

lava you.

Answer

tornadoes.

Answer

moon phases.

Question 7

The moon’s position in its orbit around Earth makes the moon appear to

Accepted Answer

wax and wan.

Answer

rise and set.

Answer

dive under the water.

Answer

disappear completely.

Question 8

How many tides do we have a day?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

100

Answer

2

Answer

3,000,000,000

Question 9

The last two weeks of the moons cycle when the light is leaving is

Accepted Answer

wanning

Answer

waxing

Answer

adios amigo

Question 10

Space rock that falls through Earth’s atmosphere

Accepted Answer

meteor

Answer

peanut butter sandwich

Answer

OPPS!

Answer

asteroid

Question 11

The first two weeks of the moons cycle when the moon is getting bright it is

Accepted Answer

waxing

Answer

getting a big belly

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wanning

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loving life

Question 12

Sun shines “equally” on both the northern and southern hemispheres

Accepted Answer

Equinox

Answer

Fresh

Answer

Solstice

Answer

Pizza Pie

Question 13

Are patterns of temperature changes and weather trends caused by the Earth’s tilt is

Accepted Answer

seasons

Answer

darkness

Answer

day and night

Question 14

The sun is at a maximum in one hemisphere and a minimum in the other is called a

Accepted Answer

solstice

Answer

eclipse

Answer

equinox

Question 15

Occurs when a shadow makes the Sun or Moon seem to grow dark

Accepted Answer

Eclipse

Answer

solstice

Answer

McAuliffe  Middle School

Question 16

A lunar eclipse

Accepted Answer

moon darkens

Answer

sun darkens

Question 17

The sun darkens

Accepted Answer

sun darkens

Answer

moon darkens

Question 18

The darkest part of the shadow during an eclipse

Accepted Answer

umbra

Answer

solstice

Answer

penumbra

Question 19

Spreading cone of lighter shadow

Accepted Answer

penumbra

Answer

snow cone

Answer

umbra

Question 20

The sun, the planets, and various smaller bodies make up the

Accepted Answer

solar system

Answer

universe

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galaxy

Answer

moon

Question 21

Groups of millions or billions of stars

Accepted Answer

Galaxy

Answer

stars

Answer

earth

Question 22

Everything, all matter and energy

Accepted Answer

universe

Answer

earth

Answer

solar system

Question 23

Group of stars that form a pattern

Accepted Answer

constellations

Answer

Moons

Question 24

Small, solid, rocky bodies that formed close to the Sun

Accepted Answer

asteroids

Answer

paper air plains

Answer

stars

Answer

rocket ships

Question 25

Made of ice, rock, & some metals and have long tails made of gas

Accepted Answer

comets

Answer

asteroids

Answer

bouncy balls

Answer

snow balls

Question 26

Pieces of rock that look like a Shooting Star as they pass through Earth’s atmosphere

Accepted Answer

meteor

Answer

star dust

Answer

legos

Answer

asteriods

Question 27

A space object that reaches Earth’s surface

Accepted Answer

meteorite

Answer

comet

Answer

twisters

Answer

star dusters

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