Seasons
Sun/ inner planets
Eclipses
Moon Phases
Random Astronomy
100
What is the MAIN reason for season on Earth?
What is the TILT of Earth's axis?
100
88 days and 59 days
What are the revolution and rotation of mercury respectiviey?
100
This occurs when a shadow makes the Sun or the Moon seem to grow dark.
What is an ECLIPSE?
100
The moon phase where no light from the moon reaches earth.
What is a new moon?
100
What is the name of our galaxy?
What is the Milky Way?
200
What is the degree of Earth's axial tilt?
What is 23.5 degrees?
200
The percentage of Carbon Dioxide in venus's Atmosphere?
What is 96%?
200
This is the darkest part of the eclipse shadow.
What is the UMBRA?
200
Which comes first...Waxing or Waning?
What is Waxing?
200
A body is space that has a highly elliptical orbit generally originating from the Oort Cloud.
What is a comet?
300
What two months do Equinox's occur?
What is March & September?
300
Two similarities between Mars and Earth in regards to rotation and axis
Rotation on their axis and tilt of axis (24 hours and seasons)
300
This occurs when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are in a direct line with each other, so that the Sun is completely blocked from Earth's view.
What is a SOLAR ECLIPSE?
300
When the moon is almost a full moon (light is increasing)
What is Waxing Gibbous Moon.
300
The difference between a meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite?
What is meteoroid is in space. Meteors are moving through the atmosphere (shooting stars), and meteorites are RIGHT THERE ON THE GROUND!
400
What two months do Solstices occur?
What is December and June?
400
The percentage of hydrogen in the sun
What is 75%?
400
This occurs when Earth is located between the Sun and Moon, such that Earth blocks the Sun's light from directly striking the Moon.
What is a LUNAR ECLIPSE?
400
The shape of the moon looks like a banana.
What is a crescent moon?
400
Mars's moons are thought to originate from here
What is the asteroid belt?
500
On what date does the Sun shine at a 90 degree angle over the Tropic of Cancer
What is June 21, 2013 (summer solstice)?
500
Combining nuclei of small atoms to form a more massive nucleus
What is nuclear fusion?
500
A feature of an annular eclipse
What is a RING around the Sun???
500
List the Moon phases in order from New to New.
What is New, Waxing Crescent, 1st Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, 3rd Quarter, Waning Crescent, New Moon.
500
Roughly spherical, surrounds the solar system and is the origin of most of the long-period comets that have been observed
What is the Oort Cloud?
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