Our place in space
How many planets are there? (Name them all for extra points)
There are eight planets in our solar system:
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
What causes day and night
The earth rotation
Which time zone is exactly 12 hours ahead of GMT
New Zealand
What causes tides
What are the 2 main eclipses
Lunar and solar
What Galaxy are we in
Milky Way
What is the Earths axis
23.4 degrees
What is the main difference between GMT and BST?
BST includes daylight savings.
What causes neap tides
The moon and sun are at right angles
What causes a lunar eclipse
Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the Moon
How many Planets in the milky way.
Around 150 billion
What happens around every 177 days
Lunar eclipse (if this is wrong blame harry)
What does GMT stand for (Say what it means for double points)
What do neap tides do
High tides are lower and low tides are higher
What makes the moon turn red in a total lunar eclips
Earth blocking the colors from the sun which turns the moon red
Which planet has the shortest day
Jupiter
Why do polar regions experience months of darkness or daylight?
due to the earths axis/tilt
what is the gmt for purtugal
+1 GMT
What causes king tides
What phase follows a full moon
Waning gibbous
What is the diameter of the milky way (Its in light years)
100000 Light years
Name the 2 tropics.
Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer.
What is GMT for democratic republic of Congo
+1
What does a king tide do
High tides are higher and low tides are lower
Why dont eclipses happen every month
The moons orbit is tilted