Misc.
How much of the Earth is in night?
What is half?
What is December 21st?
During a solar eclipse the moon would appear
What is black?
During first and third quarter moons this type of tide occurs
What is neap tide?
Galaxies are a collection of 3 things
What is dust, gas, and stars
Define A star
What is a ball of gas that is powered by Nuclear Fusion
One day/night cycle takes and is caused by
What is Earth's 24 hour rotation?
If it is Spring in the Southern Hemisphere, the Northern Hemisphere would be.
What is Fall.
During this moon phase a solar eclipse will occur
What is a new moon?
A galaxy has this many stars
What is 100 billion?
What makes a star release light and heat and explain how this works
What is Nuclear Fusion. Atoms (hydrogen and helium combine/fuse together)
Tides on Earth are caused by
What is the Moon?
The angle of incoming solar radiation varies in hemispheres causing
What is seasonal change?
When the Sun, Earth and Moon are in a line the phase is
Full Moon
Gravity causes planets to _________ the Sun.
What is orbits?
What are the 3 types of galaxies with a description of their shapes
What is Spiral - Bulge with arms that spiral,
Elliptical - Sphere or Elliptical
Irregular - No shape ?
Star are classified by their ________
What is Temperature
Objects always gravitate towards
the largest (center) of a mass.
A place on Earth that gets the most direct light year round
What is the equator?
We see Moon Phases because
What is the Moon orbits Earth we see different amounts of the illuminated side of the Moon.
Gravity is
What is the force of attraction between two objects' centers?
How are Elliptical Galaxies Classified?
What is E0 - E7
0= sphere
7=oval/ Ellipse?
What color do the brightest stars shine?
What is Blue
If an object orbits closer to the sun it will
What is move faster?
Two reasons for Earth's seasons
What is the axis tilt and Earth's revolution.
If a full moon occurs on Oct 2nd. When could you expect the next full moon to occur?
It would occur on Nov 1st. (about 1 month later)
True or False: Astronauts expand a few inches in space because the gravity is weaker.
True
Name a real life Irregular Galaxy
What is Magellanic Cloud
Name the classification/ group of the coldest star. Please be specific
M9