GPMS Solar System

What term best refers to the orbital motion of the planets around the Sun?

To complete one year's time, the Earth makes one complete ...

When the north pole is titled toward the sun, it is

Which 2 planets have no moons?

What is a streak of light that is produced by a meteriod burning up in the Earth's atmosphere?

Each planet's length of day lasts for different amounts of time because each planet

The first scientists to use a telescope to observe the sky was...

This machine that recently  explored a neighboring planet of Earth.  What is it called?

What planet is known as the "evening star"?

Which planet rotates east to west (which is opposite from other planets)?

Tides are...

Which of these has the MOST influence on ocean tides?

What phase of the moon is shown?

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Starting with the new moon, what is the second phase of the moon?

what occurs at full moon when the Earth is directly between the moon and the sun?

What phase is the moon shown?

Which Planet is 6th from the sun?

What is the name of the darkest, or cone shaped, part of the moon's shadow?

What 2 factors keep the planets in orbit?

What is the 8th planet from the sun?

Which celestial body is known as a "dirty snowball"?

The pull between two objects in the universe is known as the force of...

When the lighted part of the moon appears to be getting larger, the moon is

A comets tail normally points ....

The rise and fall of the oceans is caused by...

What is the third planet from the sun?

the 23 1/2 degree tilt of the Earth on its axis causes

Which planet rotates on its side at a 90 degree angle?

In what direction do most planets rotate?

Between what 2 planets does the astroid belt fall?

What is the first planet from the sun?

Each planets length of day lasts for different amounts of time because each planet