Earth, Sun and Moon - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. The sun and moon seem to move across the sky each day because of Earth’s __ on its axis.
2. The moon’s average density is about the same as the density of Earth’s ____________________ layers.
3. When a large object collided with Earth, debris from the collision was ejected into orbit and initially formed a(n) ____________________.
4. The times when day and night are of equal length are called _____.
5. The lighted half of the moon faces away from Earth during the _______ phase of the moon.
6. A _______ eclipse occurs when the moon moves directly between the sun and Earth.
7. During a _____ eclipse, Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon.
8. The moon formed after a planet-sized object collided with ______.
9. The darkest part of the moon’s shadow is called the _____________.
10. Galileo called the dark, flat parts of the moon ____________________ because they looked like seas.
11. Tides are caused by the force of ____________________ from the sun and moon acting on Earth.
12. Seasons on Earth are caused by the ____________________ of Earth’s axis as Earth revolves around the sun.
13. The moon rotates once on its axis in the same amount of time that it ____________________ once around Earth.
14. The round pits on the moon are called ____________________.
15. The force that pulls the moon toward Earth is called ____________________.
16. The tendency for an object in motion to remain in motion is called ____________________.
17. A tide with the least distance between low and high tides is called a(n) ____________________ tide.
18. Day and night are caused by Earth’s ________ on its axis
19. A tide with the greatest difference between low and high tides is called a _____ tide.
20. If you are in a car that stops suddenly, your body keeps moving because it has ____________________.
21. You can see the solar corona from Earth during a(n) ____________________ eclipse.
22. The moon can be seen from Earth because _______ reflects off the moon’s surface.
23. According to the ____________________ theory, the moon was formed when a planet-sized object collided with Earth.
24. A lunar eclipse can only occur during the ________phase of the moon.