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What is a cold mixture of dust and ice that develops a long trail of light as it approaches the sun?
Comet
What is a pattern or group of stars called?
Constellation
What causes day and night?
The rotation of the Earth
How many times does a solstice occur per year?
Once
What are chunks of rocks or dust smaller than asteroids?
Meteroids
True or False: Winter is when the northern hemisphere of Earth is tilted towards the Sun.
False, it is Summer
True or False: The stars and sun apparent motion is from east to west.
True
What 2 forces allow an orbit to be possible?
Gravity and inertia
True or False: A star is a small ball of ice composed of helium and hydrogen.
False: It is a giant ball of superheated gas or plasma, composed of helium and hydrogen.
True or False: Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion.
true
What is an object that orbits the Sun and is large enough to become rounded by its own gravity?
A Planet
True or false: Tides are the rise of ocean water that occur every 24 hours.
False.
Rise and fall every 12.5 hours
Name a dwarf planet
Pluto
How many years ago did the solar system form?
4.6 billion
Which moon phases are responsible for a Neap Tide?
First Quarter and Third Quarter
Due to the Earth rotating from West to East, the apparent motion of the Sun appears to be moving in which direction?
West
During a Solar Eclipse:
_____________ is the darkest part of the shadow where the light from the sun is completely blocked.
_____________ is the area of the shadow where the sun is only partially blocked.
Umbra and Penumbra
Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Mercury
What equals the average distance measured from the center of the sun to the center of the Earth?
One Astronomical Unit
What is the astronomical orientation of a lunar eclipse?
Sun, Earth, Moon
Name the phases of the moon
What is the imaginary line that the earth spins on?
And how many degrees?
Axis
23.5 degrees
What is a spring tide?
It is when gravitational pulls from both the sun and moon combine to produce a tide with the most significant difference between consecutive low and high tides?
When does a Solar Eclipse occur?
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months,
Name all the planets:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune