Discoveries
The Moon
Planets
Light
Misc.
100
Copernicus
Who devised the heliocentric model of the solar system?
100
The moon's phase when the entire half of the moon facing earth is visible
What is a full moon?
100
Our sun, and all of the bodies that revolve around it.
What is our solar system?
100
a natural light display in the sky at the north pole
What is aurora borealis?
100
the season in the northern hemisphere when the axis is pointed towards the sun
What is summer?
200
Galileo
Who is credited as the father of modern science and improved the telescope?
200
the point where the moon is farthest from the earth
What is Apogee?
200
the point where a planet is farthest from the sun
What is aphelion?
200
the source of all energy on earth
What is the sun?
200
the theory explaining the formation of the universe
What is the Big Bang Theory?
300
The oval shape of a planet's revolution.
What is an ellipse?
300
the point when the moon is closest to the earth
What is Perigee?
300
the point where a planet is closest to the sun
What is perihelion?
300
the process in which plants convert light energy into food and oxygen
What is photosynthesis?
300
the change in orientation of earth's axis
What is precession?
400
Johannes Kepler
Who devised the laws of planetary motion and determined planets revolve faster when closer to the sun?
400
The rising and falling of sea levels due to the moon's gravity
What are tides?
400
the motion involving a planet spinning on its axis
What is rotation?
400
the kind of radiation with the highest frequency; used to kill organisms DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!!
What are gamma rays?
400
the farthest planet from the sun in our solar system
What is Neptune?
500
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's third law of motion?
500
The phase of the moon where the moon looks like a crescent on the left side
What is a waning crescent?
500
the motion involving a planet orbiting around the sun
What is revolution?
500
the nucleus of a particle splitting apart
What is fission?
500
the balancing point between two or more bodies
What is barycenter?
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