Seasons
Shadows
The Moon
The Sun
Wild Card
100
Seasons are primarily caused by the tilt of this imaginary line going down the center of the Earth.
What is the axis?
100
Shadows are longest in this season.
What is winter?
100
This much of the moon is always lit up (as seen from space).
What is half?
100
This is the number of stars in our solar system.
What is 1?
100
This is the term used to describe a moon phase that is growing in size.
What is waxing?
200
Days are longest in this season?
What is a summer?
200
Shadows are shortest during this time of day.
What is solar noon?
200
This term describes a moon that is less than a quarter full.
What is a crescent?
200
This is the term for how heat is transferred through space to the Earth.
What is radiation?
200
He was the first man on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
300
This is the term for a day in the fall and another in the spring, where there is equal amount of daytime and nighttime.
What is an equinox?
300
This term refers to the darkest part of a shadow.
What is an umbra?
300
The moon takes this many days to orbit the earth?
What is 27.5 days?
300
The distance from the Earth to the Sun is known as this?
What is an astronomical unit?
300
A harvest moon is the full moon which occurs closest to this day of the year?
What is the fall equinox?
400
This term refers to the sides of the Earth (Northern and Southern) which have opposite seasons.
What is a hemisphere?
400
This term refers to the outer part of a shadow, which receives partial light.
What is a penumbra?
400
If the moon's orbital plane was not tilted, every full moon would result in this (as seen from Earth).
What is a lunar eclipse?
400
The Sun turns hydrogen atoms into helium atoms through this process.
What is nuclear fusion?
400
This is the name of the north star, which aligns with the Earth's axis.
What is Polaris?
500
This is what happens to the angle of separation as the season changes from summer to fall.
What is "get's smaller".
500
This is the term for a shadow stick, or part of a sundial that casts a shadow.
What is a gnomon?
500
This type of solar eclipse occurs when the moon is nearest to the Earth in its orbit.
What is an annular eclipse?
500
This is the Sun's outer layer, which can be seen shedding solar wind during a solar eclipse.
What is the corona?
500
This ancient culture tracked the Sun to know precisely when to plant their crops.
What is the Anasazi?
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