Galaxies
Rotation and Revolution
Tides & Seasons
Sun & the Moon
Sun Energy
100
This is a picture of
What is the Milky Way?
100
The reason for annual change of seasons is
What is the the tilt of Earth's axis of rotation?
100
The latitude of a region affects its climate by
What is by determining the angle of sunlight throughout the year?
100
The point the moon is closest to the Earth
What is apogee?
100
The energy produced by the sun travels by
What is by the radiation of electromagnetic waves through space?
200
The Milky Way is this type of galaxy
What is spiral?
200
Some constellations are more visible in certain seasons, this is because
What is because of Earth revolving around the sun?
200
The reason for annual change of seasons is
What is the the tilt of Earth's axis of rotation?
200
This phase of the moon is when a solar eclipse occurs
What is a new moon?
200
This layer of the sun is where nuclear fusion occurs
What is the core?
300
The closest number of stars in the Milky Way is
What is 200 billion?
300
The shape of the Earth is because
What is: because of its revolution around the sun, Earth has a greater circumference around the Prime Meridian than around the equator?
300
Mars’ axial tilt is 25.19°. Earth’s axial tilt is 23.5° This means *blank* about Mars
What is Mars has more extreme seasonal changes than Earth?
300
The climatic variable this diagram is responsible for is
What is temperature?
300
This keeps stars from collapsing in on themselves
What is the outward pressure created by nuclear fusion?
400
The 2004 the Hubble space telescope captured images of distant star clusters, each containing about a million stars. These are a part of
What is a galaxy?
400
Every day, the Moon rises a little more than a half an hour later than it rose the day before. This phenomenon is described by
What is: one Earth rotation is faster than one Moon revolution around Earth?
400
The similarity between point 1 and 2 is
What is the region at Point 1 is experiencing summer while the region at Point 2 is experiencing winter?
400
This happens at point 'X'
What is a solar eclipse?
400
The energy of the sun helps to maintain life on Earth by
What is: heating Earth’s atmosphere and surface, which helps stabilize temperatures on Earth and creates environments more favorable for life to exist?
500
The best description of the Milky Way is
What is a group of stars, dust, and planets held together by gravity?
500
If fission theory of the moon is true, than so is this
What is early Earth rotated on its axis much more quickly than it does today?
500
This occurs when Earth is in a relatively straight line
What is a larger-than-normal height difference between low tide and high tide?
500
This phenomenon is responsible for the shape of Earth's magnetosphere
What is solar winds bringing high-energy particles toward Earth?
500
One of the processes that goes on during nuclear fusion
What is four hydrogen nuclei combine to become a helium nucleus, releasing energy?