Gravity/Orbits
What would happen to your mass if you traveled to Venus?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Name the phases of the moon in order starting with new moon
Causes day and night
Rotation
What date is the Vernal Equinox
March 21st
What are the two things gravity depends on?
Mass and distance
Many moons, gaseous, large, less dense planets
Jovian planets
What is the order of the moon, sun, and earth during a solar eclipse?
Follows a path called an orbit
Revolution
Describe the shape of our Milky Way Galaxy
Spiral
At which location would the gravitational pull between the Earth and the sun be the strongest? Closer to the sun? or Farther from the sun?
Closer to the sun
Planets that are made up of 4 small, rocky, dense, inner planets, is this terrestrial or jovian?
Terrestrial
What is the order of the Earth, sun, and moon during a lunar eclipse?
Sun, Earth, moon
During which season does New York receive the highest angle of insolation?
Summer
What phase of the moon does a solar eclipse occur? What phase of the moon does a lunar eclipse occur?
New moon
Full moon
On which planet would you weigh the most compared to your weight on Earth?
Mars, Jupiter, Venus, or Mercury?
Jupiter
Which statement supports the big bang theory?
A) Billions of galaxies fill the universe
B) Gaseous planets are farther from the sun than rocky planets
C) New matter is created and added to the universe as it expands
D) Objects in the universe are moving farther away from each other over time
D) Objects in the universe are moving farther away from each other over time
About how long does it take for the moon to go through each one of its phases?
About a month (29.5 days)
During which season is Earth closest to the sun?
During what season would the North Pole experience 0 hours of daylight?
Winter
Universe, Galaxy, Solar System, Sun, Planet
What are the phases of the moon caused by?
The moon's revolution around Earth
At sunset, an observer would have a long shadow or a short shadow?
Describe the differences we would experience if the Earth was not tilted at all.
We would not experience different seasons. It would be like fall or spring all year long.