Relative Motion
The Seasons
Solar System
Gravity
Eclipses and Phases
100
The tendency of an object to resist changes in motion
What is Inertia?
100
The reason that we have seasons is this.
What is Earth's tilt?
100
A star at the center of our Solar System
What is the Sun?
100
Gravity is this kind of force.
What is an Attractive force?
100
The name of the different shapes of the Moon as seen from Earth is this.
What are Moon Phases?
200
To determine the speed of a moving object _______ and _______ are needed.
What are time and distance ? (2 things)
200
The season in the Southern Hemisphere when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere
What is Summer ?
200
One day
What unit of time corresponds to one rotation of Earth around its planetary axis?
200
To increase the strength of the gravitational force, One must do either of these.
What is increase mass or decrease distance?
200
The Earth blocks the light from the Sun and casts a shadow on the moon.
What is a Lunar Eclipse?
300
This law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's Third law?
300
Short days, longer shadows and cold temperatures are characteristics of this season.
What is Winter?
300
The unit of time corresponding to one revolution of Earth around the Sun is this.
What is one year?
300
The Moon
What celestial body's gravitational pull is responsible for high tide and low tide?
300
The Moon blocks the Sun's light and casts a shadow on the Earth.
What is a Solar Eclipse?
400
Mr. T walks 12 blocks away from MS 331 and then walks 5 blocks back toward MS 331. His distance is this (in blocks)
What is 17 Blocks?
400
The angle of the sunlight on the Earth during the Spring is this
What is even?
400
The regular rising and setting of the Sun best explained by this.
What is Earths rotation?
400
A place in the universe where is the effect of gravity so strong that even light cannot escape its pull
What is a Black Hole?
400
A complete lunar phase cycle takes about this long.
What is One month?
500
Drake is sitting in his brand new car.Drake driving 65 mph on the freeway. Drake is at rest with respect to this object
What is Drake's car ?
500
The reason that the planet Venus has no seasons is this.
What is a lack of a Venusian Tilt ?
500
The 5 parts of the Solar System are these.
What are Planets, Moons, Asteroids, Comets & the Sun?
500
A warp in the space time fabric that causes objects to fall toward one another.
What is Einstein's definition of Gravity?
500
The reason that we always see the Man in the Moon is this.
What is the synchronized rotation of the Moon and the Earth?
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