Moon Phases
What phase of the moon results in no reflected light coming to earth?
new
What causes the tides
gravity
What is the force that keeps the planets revolving around the sun?
gravity
Name the inner planets
mercury, venus, earth, mars
Origin of the word planet
wandering star
What is a blue moon?
2 full moons in one clander month
What tide results in the highest high tide and the lowest low tide?
spring
What is the most common wrong answer to why we have seasons?
distance to sun changes
Model of solar system described in the book On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres written by Copernicus
heliocentric or sun centered
Lost his nose in a duel
Brahe
What do you call the pahse beteween a quartrs moon and a full moon?
gibbous
where are the two high tides ocurring at any time in relation to the position of the moon.
nearest and opposite side of earth.
What is the day with the most amount of sunlight called?
summer solstice
The New Horizon space probe passed by this former planet in 2015.
pluto
What element is Argentina named after?
silver
About how long is the waxing period?
2 weeks
What phases of the moon result in neap tides?
quarter moons
When is the winter solstice for the northern hemisphere?
Dec
Three criteria for being a planet
revolve around the sun, be spherical, dominate orbit.
What planet is wednesday named after?
mercury
How was the moon formed?
collision between the earth and a mars sized planet.
What famous battle ocurred on June 6, 1944?
D-Day
What is the scientific term for the first day of spring?
vernal equinox
Play in which Shakespeare may have cryptically stated his position on the two competing models of the universe;
Hamlet
region around a black hole past where gravity is so great nothing, not even light, can escape.
Event Horizon