Astronomy
Earth in Space
Mystery
Phases of the Moon
VocabularyA
100

Ancient farmer watched the star Sirius to predict floods.

What is Egyptians?

100

The path the Earth takes around the sun.

What is orbit?

100

Deadpool takes place in this city.

What is New York City?

100

The moon revolves around the Earth and rotates on its axis this many days.

What is 365 days?

100

The study of the moon, stars,and other objects in space.

What is astronomy?

200

By dividing the year into 365 days, the anchient Egyptians created this that we use today.

What is a calendar

200

The rotation of Earth on its axis causes these 2 things.

What is day and night?

200

The rarest M&Ms color.

What is brown?

200

Changing the position of the moon causes this to happen.

What is phases?

200

The measurement of distance from the equator, expressed in degrees north or south.

What is latitude?

300

The movement of one object around another object.

What is a revolution?

300

The 4 seasons on Earth.

What is Summer, Spring, Autumn and Winter

300
The first soft drink in space.

Coke Cola

300

The sun lights the side of the moon facing away from Earth. The side that faces Earth is dark.

What is a new moon?

300

When the moon's shadow hits Earth or Earth's shadow hits the moon.

What is an eclipse?

400

The larger part of the shadow, part of the sun is visible from Earth, seeing partial eclipse.

What is penumbra?

400

The two hemispheres on Earth.

What is Northern and Southern?

400

The number of colors in the rainbow.

What is 7?

400

The difference between waxing and waning. 

What is waxing gets bigger and waning gets smaller?

400

The rise and fall of water, every 12.5 hours. The water rises for about 6 hours, then falls for 6 hours in a regular cycle.

What is a tide?

500

This occurs when the moon passes between earth and the sun blocking the sunlight from reaching Earth.

What is a solar eclipse?

500

The longest day in the year in the southern hemisphere.

What is summer solstice?

500

The hottest planet in the solar system.

What is Venus?

500

The movement of the moon to the Earth is the opposite direction of a clock. 

What is counter clockwise?

500

The darkest part of the moon's shadow that is cone shaped.

What is umbra?

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