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What causes day and night?
a. revolution of Earth
b. rotation of Earth
c. orbit of Earth
d. The moon blocks the Sun
b. rotation of Earth
100
You are getting ready for school. On the other side of the world, students are getting ready for _______.
a. school
b. bed
c. breakfast
d. lunch
b. bed
100
What's Ms. Holliday's husband's name?
Caleb Holliday
100
What direction does Earth rotate and revolve?
a. clockwise
b. counterclockwise
b. counterclockwise
100
What is Ms. Holliday's favorite holiday?
Christmas
200
The scientific study of the universe =
Astronomy
200
The average distance between the Earth and the sun; approximately 150 million km
Astronomical Unit
200
An instrument that collects electromagnetic radiation from the sky and concentrates it for better observation is called...
Telescope
200
The motion of a body that travels around another body in space; one complete trip along an orbit. =
Revolution
200
The spin of a body on its axis is called...
Rotation
300
A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity
=
Galaxy
300
What degree is the earth tilted?
a. 24
b. 25
c. 23.5
d. 25.5
c. 23.5
300
What causes seasons?
a. The rotation of the Earth and Rotation of the Sun
b. The Rotation of the Earth and the Earth's Tilt
c. The Revolution of the Earth and the Earth's Tilt
d. How close the Earth is to the Sun
e. Magic
c. The Revolution of the Earth and the Earth's Tilt
300
This telescope uses a set of lenses to gather and focus light from distant objects
Refracting Telescope
300
The moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator =
Equinox
400
What causes the sun to look like it is rising in the east and setting in the west?
a. moon's orbit
b. sun's rotation
c. Earth's revolution
d. Earth's rotation
d. Earth's rotation
400
All of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation is called...
Electromagnetic Spectrum
400
How long does it take for Earth to rotate on its axis one time?
a. 24 hours
b. 24.25 hours
c. 365 days
d. 356.25 days
a. 24 hours
400
What is the name of the imaginary line running through the North Pole to the South Pole?
a. orbit
b. axis
c. equator
d. latitude
b. axis
400
The point in the orbit of a planet at which the planet is closest from the sun. =
Perihelion
500
If Mr. Merrill was a cartoon character who would he be?
a. Flash
b. Harry Potter
c. Luke Skywalker
d. Captain America
c. Luke Skywalker
500
When it is Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
a. Also Summer
b. Spring
c. Winter
d. Fall
e. Football Season
c. Winter
500
This telescope uses a curved mirror to gather and focus light from distant objects.
Reflecting Telescopes
500
The point in the orbit of a planet at which the planet is farthest from the sun. =
Aphelion
500
The point at which the sun is as far north or as far south of the equator as possible. =
Solstice