Gravity
Telescopes
Moon Phases
Eclipses
Seasons
100

For which object is the force of gravity greatest: Earth, Moon, or Sun?

The Sun
100
What are the two types of telescopes?
Refracting and reflecting
100
What is the moon called when there is no light shining on it?
a New Moon
100
What is it called when the moon is in between the sun and the earth?
a Solar Eclipse
100
What is the main reason we have seasons?
Earth's tilt
200

The strength of gravity depends on two things. What are the two variables?

Mass and distance
200

Telescopes are designed to collect a certain type of ______. 

wave
200
If the moon is gaining more light, it is (waxing, waning) 
waxing
200
The moon appears red in which eclipse?
A lunar eclipse
200
If it is summer in the northern hemisphere, it is _____ in the southern hemisphere.
winter 
300
1. Who discovered gravity?

2. What fell on his head to help him discover this?


Need both answers correct

Isaac Newton & an apple
300

Most large telescopes use curved mirrors instead of curved lenses. A telescope that uses a curved mirror to concentrate light from a distance object is a ______. 

Reflecting telescope
300
What phase comes after a waxing gibbous?
a Full Moon
300
Is it possible to see the same eclipse in both the southern and northern hemisphere?
Yes!
300

1. The moon (revolves/rotates) around the earth.

2. The earth (revolves/rotates) around the sun.

3. The earth (revolves/rotates) on its axis.

revolves, revolves, rotates
400
Weight and mass are different. Weight depends on what two things?
mass and the force of gravity
400
Who invented/made the telescope famous?
Gallileo 
400
What is it called when the right HALF of the moon is lit up?
first quarter
400

Which is larger, umbra or penumbra?

penumbra
400

On June 21st and December 21st, this happens causing the sun's light to shine directly on either the tropic of cancer or the tropic of capricorn. 

Solstice
500
The force of gravity on an object is measured in what unit?
Newtons (N) 
500

The longer wavelengths enable THIS TELESCOPE to look much closer to the beginning of time and to hunt for the unobserved formation of the first galaxies

The James Webb Space Telescope
500
Which direction does the moon rotate the earth?
counter clockwise 
500
The moon was a "trifecta" in January 2018 of these three things.
A super moon, a blood moon (lunar eclipse) and a blue moon. 
500

Uranus is tilted at 98 vs Earth which is tilted at 23.5 degrees. If you lived on Uranus, what would the seasons be like?

Extreme summers and extreme winters.
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