Orbits
Seasons
Asteroids
Meteors
Black Holes
100
Day and night are caused by a planet's this.
What is the rotation?
100
The tilt of Earth is the cause of this.
What are our seasons?
100
This is why the asteroid belt was named the Milky Way.
What is the milky white appearance of all of the stars so close together?
100
This is what happens to most meteors that fall into the Earth's atmosphere.
What is burn up?
100
A black hole is actually not this.
What is a hole?
200
This is the invisible like through the center of a planet on which it spins around, or rotates.
What is the axis?
200
When North America is tilted towards the sun, we experience this season.
What is summer?
200
These are rocks floating around in space.
What are asteroids?
200
These are bits of rock or metal floating in space.
What is a meteoroid?
200
This is what a black hole is made from.
What is a collapsed star?
300
It is this when the sun is shining at us.
What is daytime?
300
The season brings us this when the sun shines less directly on us during the day.
What are cooler temperatures?
300
This is where the asteroid belt is located.
What is between Mars and Jupiter?
300
A meteoroid will orbit this.
What is the sun?
300
Since we can't see black holes, this is how we know they exist.
What is the affect they have on other stars and galaxies?
400
These are the 2 things that affect the orbit of a planet.
What is velocity and gravity?
400
This is the season between summer and winter when the Earth's tilt is rotating away from the direct sun.
What is the Fall?
400
This is where most asteroids are found in our galaxy/
What is the Milky Way or the asteroid belt?
400
This is what a meteoroid is called after it enters the Earth's atmosphere.
What is a meteor?
400
Even this cannot escape the gravity of a black hole.
What is light?
500
It takes the Earth this long to orbit the sun.
What is 365 1/4 days?
500
This is the season between winter and summer.
What is Spring?
500
This is the name of the city and state where Meteor Crater is.
What is Winslow, Arizona?
500
This is what a meteor is called when it is on the Earth's surface.
What is a meteorite?
500
This is the name of the famous scientist that studies black holes.
Who is Stephen Hawking?
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