The reason why there are seasons on Earth
What is...the Earth has a tilt AND rotates around the sun, and so there are different amounts of light given to different parts of Earth.
The moon revolves around it
What is the Earth?
When the moon travels directly infront of the sun and blocks the suns light from reaching the Earth.
The first stage of an aurora is that sun experiences what?
What is a "solar storm"
The Earth rotates around it
What is the Sun
Why we have winter
What is...that part of the Earth is tilted away from the Sun, so it gets less light (which makes it colder)
The reason for the light on the moon
The sun reflects light off the moon, which is a rock.
What is the corona
The sun sends out charged particles, which bounce and travel along what?
What is the magnetic field
Why this space experiences daylight
What is the Earth has rotated to face this space towards the sun
The reason for Midnight Sun
What is...that part of the Earth (in a pole region) is tilted towards the sun and in the summer, it is always receiving light from the sun.
The moon phase name when you see only half of the moon lit up.
What is a first quarter or a last quarter moon phase.
The names of the 3 types of solar eclipses (and how they are seen from Earth)
What is total (complete blocking of the sun - except for the corona), partial (the moon only blocks the top or bottom of the sun, not the middle) and annular (blocks a center part of the sun, but cannot see corona)
When charged particles enter our atmosphere, they take their high energy and transfer it to what
What is an equinox
The time it takes the Earth to completely revolve around the Sun
1 Year
A lunar eclipse is when...
What is... when the Earth shadows the light from the sun so it cannot reach the moon.
How a lunar eclipse happens
What is...the Earth blocks the sun from reaching the moon
Northern lights of a pale purple colour are caused by which particular gas?
What is nitrogen
When the indigenous people rest, feast and remember to carry only the good things into the next time
What is the winter solstice
The lesson to teach about the cosmos when the boy from the sun tribe falls in love with the girl from the moon tribe
What is...day and night should be seperate and don't happen at the same time (except in eclipses)!
Why a blue moon (2 full moons in one month) can happen
What is, if the first day of the month is a full moon, and it only takes 29.5 day to complete all the moon cycles, then on the 30.5 day of the month, you would restart with a new full moon, which can happen on months with 30 and 31 days.
During a total lunar eclipse, the moon is still visible but is what colour?
What is...red
Auroras in the Northern Hemisphere are called Aurora Borealis. What are they called in the Southern Hemisphere?
What is...Aurora australis
When the longest hours of sunlight are during a day. There is hunting, gathering of herbs and foods and play.
What is the summer solstice.