Stayin' Alive
DAILY TRIPLE
What type of water contains less than 0.2% salt content?
Freshwater
What celestial body has the biggest influence on Earth's tides?
What is the Moon
What separates the inner planets from the outer planets in our solar system?
What is the asteroid belt
How long does it take for the Moon to complete one full revolution around Earth?
What is 27.3 days
What are the primary components of a comet?
What is ice and dust?
What is the process called when water travels over land and collects in rivers, lakes, and oceans?
What is runoff
How many times a day do high and low tides occur?
What is twice a day
DAILY DOUBLE
What is the term for the motion of an object spinning on its axis?
What is rotation
What phase follows the First Quarter Moon?
What is a Waxing Gibbous
What force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?
What is Gravity
Most of Earth's freshwater is stored in what form?
What are glaciers and ice caps
DAILY DOUBLE
Why does the Moon’s gravity affect ocean tides more than the Sun’s?
What is because the distance of the Moon
What two movements does the Moon make as it travels around Earth?
What are rotation and revolution?
What phase occurs when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun?
What is New Moon
DAILY DOUBLE
What scientist first proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system?
Who was Nicolas Copernicus
How can runoff negatively affect lakes and rivers?
What is pollution from land entering water sources
What force causes the second ocean bulge on the opposite side of Earth from the Moon?
What is inertia
What type of celestial body is Ceres classified as?
What is a dwarf planet?
What is the approximate time it takes to go through five lunar phases?
What is about 17.5 days
What planet is known as the “Blue Planet"?
What is Earth
What term describes an area of land where all water drains into a common water source?
What is a watershed
What are the locations of low tides?
What is perpendicular to the Moon and high tides
What mission did Harrison Schmitt fly?
What was Apollo 17
A Waning Gibbous happens on March 22nd, what date will a waxing crescent?
What is April 5th
What planet has the most moons in the solar system?
What is Saturn