sun earth and moon Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What is the sun? | A Star |
This gives off Light AND Heat. | The Sun |
Dark spots on the sun. | Sunspots |
Bright areas on the sun. | Flares |
Things related to the sun. | Solar |
The suns light penetrates our atmosphere. Some of it escapes back into space. The rest is trapped through ( ). This is called, The ----- ----- ------. | Green House Effect |
This Polish Astronomer and Mathematician, was the first person to prove that the sun was the center of the universe.(1543) | Nicolaus Copernicus |
This is the third closest planet to the sun. Mercury is the closest, followed by Venus | Earth |
How long does it take for Earth to rotate on its Axis? | It takes 24 hours. This rotation is why we have day and night. |
How long does it take for the Earth to make a complete ORBIT of the sun? | It takes 365 1/4 days (one year) |
What is the reason why we have different seasons? | The Earth rotates on a tilted Axis on its Orbit of the Sun. |
This would disrupt all things on Earth if it was missing. The Earth would wobble severely on its Axis. | The Moon |
This Egyptian astronomer claimed that the Earth is round (not flat)and all sky objects revolve around Earth. | Ptolemy |
What was formed about 100 million years after Earth. | Scientists believe it was the Moon. |
How was the Moon formed? | A Mars sized planet crashed into Earth and some of the debris formed together. |
What causes our high and low tides? | The Moon. Earths oceans are magnetically attracted to it. |
How long does it take for the Moon to rotate on its axis AND make a complete orbit of the Earth? | It takes approximately 27 days. |
Where is there No Atmosphere? | The Moon. |
The changing shapes of the Moon as seen from Earth is called. | Phases |
What gives the Moon its light? | The Sun reflects its light on it. |
What happened during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission? | NASA astronauts landed on the moon. |
Huge loops of gas on the edge of the sun. | Prominences |
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