IMPORTANT NUMBERS
SOLAR SYSTEM
A STAR IS BORN
RHYME TIME
FLY ME TO THE MOON
OUR UNIVERSE
100
WE DON’T SEE ECLIPSES EACH MONTH, BECAUSE THE MOON’S ORBIT IS TILTED AT THIS DEGREE.
5 DEGREES.
100
PLUTO GOT KICKED OUT OF THIS EIGHT MEMBER CLUB
WHAT ARE PLANETS?
100
THE SUN IS THIS COLOR STAR
WHAT IS YELLOW?
100
ULTRA VIOLET RAYS COME FROM THE SUN, BUT THE COLORS WE SEE ARE PART OF THE _____________.
VISIBLE SPECTRUM
100
THE EARTH HAS ONLY ONE OF THESE
WHAT IS A MOON?
100
THIS TERM REFERS TO EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS— ALL MATTER, ENERGY, SPACE & TIME.
WHAT IS THE UNIVERSE.
200
THE AMOUNT OF DAYS IN A YEAR
WHAT IS 365.26 DAYS?
200
THIS PLANET TAKES 687 DAYS TO COMPLETE ONE REVOLUTION AROUND THE SUN
WHAT IS MARS?
200
THIS ATTRACTIVE FORCE WILL MAKE A NEBULA CONTRACT TO FORM STARS AND PLANETS
WHAT IS GRAVITY?
200
THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES, THE STARS ALL MORPH, IN THE SUN’S LATE STAGE IT WILL BE A ____________.
WHITE DWARF
200
IT TAKES THIS MANY DAYS TO SEE A COMPLETE CYCLE OF THESE LUNAR PHASES
WHAT IS 29.5 DAYS?
200
THIS OBSERVATION OF LIGHT FROM OTHER GALAXIES INDICATES THAT THE UNIVERSE IS STILL EXPANDING.
WHAT IS REDSHIFT?
300
THIS SPEEDY PLANET'S ORBIT IS THE LEAST CIRCULAR
WHAT IS MERCURY?
300
THERE ARE THIS MANY JOVIAN PLANETS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
WHAT IS FOUR?
300
FUSION INSIDE A STAR'S CORE COMBINES HYDROGENS INTO THIS CHEMICAL ELEMENT.
WHAT IS HELIUM?
300
THE HEAT FROM THE SUN IS NOT AN ILLUSION, BUT THE FORCE THAT CREATES IT IS ________________.
NUCLEAR FUSION
300
IT WAS A NEW MOON TODAY. THIS PHASE WILL BE SEEN ONE WEEK LATER.
WHAT IS THE FIRST QUARTER?
300
THIS SCIENTIST PROVED THAT OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IS HELIOCENTRIC AND DISCOVERED THAT PLANETARY ORBITS ALL A BIT ECCENTRIC.
WHO IS JOHANNES KEPPLER?
400
APPROXIMATELY 149.6 KM IS EQUIVALENT TO ______ ASTRONOMICAL UNIT(S).
1
400
LOOK HALFWAY BETWEEN THE ORBITS OF JUPITER AND MARS TO FIND THIS FEATURE
WHAT IS AN ASTEROID BELT?
400
DURING THE SUN'S INTERMEDIATE STAGE, ITS TEMPERATURE WILL DECREASE AND ITS SIZE WILL DO THIS
WHAT IS INCREASE?
400
WHEN YOU LOOK TO THE SKY AND THE MOON’S LIGHT IS DRAINING, THIS MEANS THAT IT’S MOON PHASE MUST BE ____________.
WANING
400
YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THIS LUNAR PHASE TO SEE A LUNAR ECLIPSE
WHAT IS A FULL MOON?
400
THE APPROXIMATE AGE OF THE UNIVERSE.
WHAT IS 13.6 BILLION YEARS OLD?
500
THE TILT OF THE EARTH'S AXIS
WHAT IS 23.5°?
500
THIS PLANET HAS A DIAMETER 10 TIMES THAT OF VENUS
WHAT IS SATURN?
500
BETELGEUSE WILL ULTIMATELY BECOME THIS TYPE OF STAR AT THE END OF ITS LIFE
WHAT IS A BLACK HOLE?
500
PICTURES OF THE MILKY WAY OFTEN GO VIRAL, SHOWCASING THE GALAXY’S ARMS IN A _________.
SPIRAL
500
IT'S HIGH TIDE AT 6 PM. THE NEXT ONE WILL OCCUR AT THIS TIME
WHAT IS 6:25 AM?
500
THIS LEFTOVER HEAT ENERGY SCATTERED AROUND THE UNIVERSE PROVIDES STRONG EVIDENCE FOR THE BIG BANG THEORY.
WHAT IS COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION?