The moon
What does the moon orbit?
The earth
The sun is a _____
Star 🌟
The earth is the _____ planet furthest from the sun
3rd
Stonehenge was made for what purpose?
To calculate the seasons
What galaxy are we in?
The milky way
What are the 4 main phases of the moon?
New, 1st quarter, full, 3rd quarter.
What material is the sun made of?
Plasma
The planets orbit around the sun in which direction?
Counter-clockwise
We use 360⁰ because of which culture?
Babylonians
When a star dies what happens?
A supernova
What phase of the moon does it have to be for a soler eclipse to happen?
New moon
How old is the sun?
5 billion years old
Name the planets in order of closet to the sun to the furthest from the sun
1.Mercenary 2.venus 3.earth 4.mars 5.Jupiter 6.Saturn 7.Uranus 8.Neptune
The Babylonians use a base number system of what amount?
60
What is a nebula?
A cloud of gas and dust in space
What does the moon have to do with Easter?
The moon determines the date of Easter
When will the sun die?
In 5 billion years
The planets do don't orbit in perfect circles, what shape do they orbit in?
Ellipse
We use a heliocentric model of the solar system, what is heliocentric?
Sun centered
What is the brightest star we can see from earth?
Sirius
We only see one side of the moon because of what?
Synchronized rotation
1 AU is the distance between the sun and ____
Earth 🌎
What is retrograde motion?
Planets look like they move backwards
Who measured the size of the earth using a stick?
Eratosthenes
The best theory we have on how stars form is called the ______ theory
Nebula theory