Stars
Moon
Earth
Sun
Northern Lights
100
What is this?
Shooting Star
100
How long is a moon cycle?
28 days.
100
The Earth rotates on it's.....
Axis.
100
True or False, the Sun is the anchor point for our solar system.
True
100
What do Indigenous people believe the Northern Lights are?
Spirits Dancing.
200
How many stars are in the Manidoo-Mikina (Milky Way Galaxy)?
a. 1.5 billion
b. 600 billion
c. 300 billion
300 billion
200
Name 3 moon phases.
Any of the moon phases will be accepted:
New Moon
Waxing/ Waning crescent
Waxing/Waning Gibbous
Full moon
Third Quarter
First Quarter
200
How long does it take for the moon to orbit the Earth?
28 days.
200
How long does it take for the Earth to rotate around the sun?
365 days.
200
Cree/Ojibwe name for the Northern Lights?
Waawaate
300
What are stars made of?
Mostly Hydrogen and Helium.
300
Why is the moon so bright?
It reflects sunlight.
300
In the arctic, they have 24 hour daylight in summer, and 24 hour darkness in winter. Why?
Because of how the Earth is tilted on its axis.
300
What is the sun?
A star, burning gas.
300
What should you never do around them?
Whistle.
400
What is the brightest star in our sky?
The Sun.
400
How does the moon push and pull the tide?
Because of it's gravity.
400
name 2 layers of the Earths Crust.
400
Daylight is the same all over the Earth. True or false?
False
400
What is the oval called that the Northern Lights occur in?
The Auroral Oval.
500
What are stars used for (name 3 things?)
-Navigation
-Time of year
-Keep stories
500
Why do we not have a lunar eclipse every month?
Because the moon rotates on a tilt.
500
Why does it look like Keewatin (North Star) look like its not moving in the sky?
Because the north pole points directly at it.
500
How many times bigger is the sun compared to Earth?
109 times the diameter of Earth.
500
What are the northern lights?
Solar wind that gets trapped in the magnetic field of Earth.
Oxygen (green)
Nitrogen (Blue)