Day and Night
Planets
Our Place in Space
Creation and Space
Times and Seasons
100
Which moon phase is this?
Quarter Moon
100
This planet is surrounded by rings
what is Saturn
100
The time it takes for the Earth to complete one full rotation around it's axis
what is 24 hours
100
God created this on the fourth day of creation
what is the sun, the moon, and the stars
100
This calendar is what we use today
What is the Gregorian calendar
200
The length of time it takes the moon to rotate fully around the Earth
29 1/2 days
200
This is the 4th planet from the sun
what is Mars
200
This is the center of our solar system
what is the sun
200
The name of a group of stars that God created to make a picture in the sky
what is a constellation
200
This calendar was used in ancient times and still tells us when Easter is today
what is the lunar calendar
300
How does the moon appear to have it's own light?
It reflects the sun
300
This is the largest planet
What is Jupiter
300
This object is the closest to Earth in space
What is the moon
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The reason God gave us the sun, moon, and stars (there are 3)
what is to separate day from night, tell us the seasons, days, years and give light to the earth
300
Our shadows are longest at what point in the day?
In the afternoon when the sun is the lowest in the sky
400
The length of time it takes the Earth to make one full orbit around the sun
365 1/4 days (365 days plus 6 hours)
400
These 4 planets are the rocky planets
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
400
The Earth is inside of this galaxy
what is the milky way
400
For a long time, people thought this star moved around the Earth
What is the Sun
400
The part of the sundial that allows us to tell what time it is
What is the gnomon's shadow
500
The three colours of light that bounce off the dust in the air the most
what is blue, indigo, and violet
500
These 4 outer planets are mostly big balls of what?
what is gas
500
explain the difference between a lunar and a solar eclipse
solar eclipse - moon gets between sun and earth and blocks light from sun
lunar eclipse - earth gets between the sun and the moon at the exact right angle to block the sun's light reflection on the moon
500
The apparent brightness of a star depends on these two things
What is absolute brightness and it's distance from Earth
500
This is the reason that we have 4 seasons
What is the angle of the Earth's tilt combined with it's rotation around the sun