Celestial Bodies
Earth's Movement
Stars/Constellations
This Years Learnings
Misc.
100
3rd rock from the Sun
What is the Earth
100
The spinning of Earth on its axis.
What is rotation.
100
A giant ball of super heated gas, or plasma, composed of Hydrogen and helium.
What is a star?
100
These subatomic particles make up an atom.
What is a proton, nuetron, and electron?
100
The mascot of AHS.
What is a Patriot?
200
Band of rocks that divides rocky planets from gas giants
What is the asteriod belt
200
The movement of one object around another.
What is revolution?
200
A pattern or group of stars that people represents a figure, animal, or object.
What is a constellation.
200
The Atomic Mass of Phosphorus
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What is 31?
200
Mrs. Kelley's favorite element.
What is Neon?
300
A body/object that orbits a planet
What is a satellite
300
The earth's axis is tilted at an agle of __________.
What is 23.5?
300
The study of space and the celestial bodies found there.
What is astronomy?
300
The three phases of matter
What is Solid, Liquid, and Gas?
300
The name of the country where the town of Greenwich is located. It is located at 0 Longitude and is location where time starts.
What is England?
400
A large celestial object in space. It's name comes from the Greek word, "wanderer".
What is a planet
400
This occurs when either the Norther or Southern Hemisphers is at it's strongest tilt toward the sun.
It happens on June 21 and December 22.
What is a solstice?
400
The total number of constellations in the sky.
What is 88?
400
The theory that every object in the universe attracts every other object.
What is the Law of Universal Gravitation?
400
The name of the Bay we are investigating and proposing to place turbines to capture energy from the tides.
What is the Bay of Fundy?
500
The oval shaped orbit of a planet.
What is an ellipse
500
This happens between solstices, where neither hemisphere is tilted to the sun. Night and day are both 12 hours long.
What is an equinox?
500
Quite possibly the most famous constellation. It has a long handle with a large cup that points to the North Star.
What is the big dipper?
500
Isaac Newton proposed that these two things keep the moon in orbit around the earth.
What is gravity and inertia?
500
The seasonal differences in temperature are dependent on this.
What is the tilt of the Earth axis?