Asteroid Alert

Eclipses and Rocks

100

If you are examining the side of a mountain, the (bottom/top) is the oldest rock layer

What is bottom layer

200

If you are examining the side of a mountain, the (bottom/top) is the youngest rock layers

What is top layer

300

One thing found in rock layers that can help us identify the age of the rock is...

What is meteorite/meteorite pieces or fossils

400

Model ___ shows a lunar eclipse

What is Model B

500

Model ____ shows a solar eclipse

What is model A

Solar System

100

This object in our solar system has the greatest gravitational pull

What is the sun

200

Days and nights are caused by _______ (rotations, orbits)

What is orbits

300

Orbits in space are caused by _________

What is gravitational pull/gravity

400

Moons orbit their planet and not the sun because...

What is "they are closer to their planet, so the gravitational force is stronger"

500

Our solar system was created from leftover material from a __________

What is a solar nebula

Lunar

100

Which model shows a full moon?

What is Model C

200

Which model shows a new moon?

What is model D

300

Day ____ represents a full moon

What is day 8

400

Day _____ represents a new moon

What is day 22

500

A full/new moon is different than a solar/lunar eclipse because eclipses cause _______ on an object

What is a shadow

Seasons

100

Ms. Murphy's favorite season is _______

What is Spring

200

Seasons are caused by _______ (rotations, orbits)

What is orbits

300

Bobby lives in Buenos Ares, but he is going to visit his family in Atlanta.  Right now, Bobby is experiencing the _______ season

What is winter

400

Bobby lives in Buenos Ares, but he is going to visit family in Atlanta.  When he gets to Atlanta he will experience their ________ season

What is summer?

500

The Earth has a ________ that causes a change in seasons as it orbits the sun

What is tilted axis 

WOW Words

100

An asteroid that has passed through the earth’s atmosphere and hit the ground is a ________

What is a meteorite

200

a line through the center of an object, such as the Earth, that the object rotates around is a(n)

What is axis

300

a force that acts on a body moving in a circular path and is directed toward the center around which the body is moving is _______

What is centripetal force

400

A measure of an object's brightness from a distance of 32.6 light years is _________

What is absolute brightness?

500

a method used to identify the approximate age of a rock layer by determining the ages of the layers above and below it is ___________

What is relative dating?