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Planets $100

What is the first planet from the sun?

Planets $100

Mercury

Planets $200

What are the inner planets in order from the sun?

Planets $200

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

Planets $300

What are the outer planets in order from the sun?

Planets $300

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,

and Pluto.

Planets $400

How is Pluto classified? Why?

Planets $400

Pluto is classified as a dwarf planet because it is so

small.

Planets for $500

Why does a year on Jupiter last

longer than a year on the Earth?

Planets for $500

Jupiter is farther from the sun.

The Sun for $100

What is the star at the center of our

solar system called?

The Sun for $100

The sun

The Sun for $200

What force keeps the planets in

orbit around the sun?

The Sun for $200

Gravity

The Sun for $300

What two gases mainly make up

the sun?

The Sun for $300

It is mostly composed of hydrogen and

helium.

The Sun for $400

What are sunspots?

The Sun for $400

These are the dark areas that are cooler than the rest of the

sun’s surface.

The Sun for $500

Where does the process of nuclear fusion take place

on the sun?

The Sun for $500

Nuclear fusion takes place in the

sun’s core.

The Moon for $100

What are the different shapes the moon has in the sky called?

The Moon for $100

Phases

The Moon for $200

Why would the same object weigh more on the Earth

than on the moon?

The Moon for $200

The moon has less gravity than the

Earth.

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What phase is the moon in when you can barely see it?

The Moon for $300

It is the new moon.

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How long does it take the moon to revolve around

the Earth?

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About 28 days.

The Moon for $500

Why do we only see one side of

the moon from the Earth?

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We only see one side of the moon because its revolution and its rotation take exactly the same amount of

time.

Weather for $100

What is the layer of air that

surrounds the earth called?

Weather for $100

The layer of air that surrounds

the Earth is called the atmosphere.

Weather for $200

What is weather?

Weather for $200

Weather is the condition of the

atmosphere outside at any given time.

Weather for $300

What is the boundary line between two

moving air masses called?

Weather for $300

A front

Weather for $400

What are the four forms of

precipitation?

Weather for $400

Rain, snow, sleet, and hail

Weather for $500

What causes wind to form on the

Earth’s surface?

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Wind is caused by the uneven heating

of the Earth’s surface by the sun.

Water for $100

What is the water cycle?

Water for $100

The change of water from one

state to another as it moves between

Earth’s surface and the atmosphere

Water for $200

What is evaporation?

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Evaporation occurs when a liquid

changes to a gas.

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What is precipitation?

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Precipitation is any form

of water that falls naturally from the

clouds.

Water for $400

How does the sun affect the water

cycle?

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The sun heats the water and causes it to evaporate.

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What is the process by which

water vapor becomes liquid

water?

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Condensation

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What is rotation?

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Rotation is the spinning of a

planet or a moon on its axis.

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What is the path that a planet or moon takes as it moves around another object called?

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A revolution (or orbit)

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What is the lunar cycle?

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The changing phases of the

moon as it revolves around the Earth

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What is refraction?

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Refraction is the bending of light as it moves from one material into

another.

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What is a warm front?

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The boundary line formed when a warm air mass catches up to a cold air mass.