When a hemisphere receives indirect light, what season are they experiencing?
Winter
100
Name the phase when the earth is between the sun and the moon.
Full moon
100
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! What is the International Space Station?
A station in space where scientists live and work.
100
What is the name of the closest galaxy?
Andromeda. Anyone know how far it is?
100
How does a telescope help us understand the planets?
They help us see surface features.
200
What day is the summer solstice?
June 21st
200
Name the phase when the moon is between the sun and earth.
New moon
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! A mass of dust, ice, and gas which orbits the sun in a large, oval course is called a __________.
Comet
200
What are constellations?
Patterns of stars in the sky that have been named.
200
What is the correct order of the planets?
MVEMJSUNP
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! What is an equinox?
When the day and night are equal.
300
When we look up into the sky, explain why we see the sun, moon, and stars moving across the sky.
Because of the rotation of Earth (We are spinning).
300
A small particle of matter that is seen when it enters into earth's atmosphere is a ___________.
Meteor (not meteoroid or meteorite)
300
About how far does light travel in one year?
5.8 trillion or about 6 trillion
300
Which planet has the greatest and which planet has the least diameter? (Not including Pluto)
Greatest: Jupiter, least: Mercury
400
How does the path of the sun in the sky change in summer vs winter?
The sun is lower in the winter and higher in the summer.
400
Explain why we see the phases of the moon.
It is because of our perspective. We only see the lighted part of the moon as it moves around the earth.
400
Earth's moon is a ___________ satellite. The Hubble Space Telescope is a ___________ satellite.
Natural, man made.
400
Rank these astronomical objects by size from smallest to largest: sun, universe, galaxy, earth, solar system
1. Earth 2. Sun 3. Solar system 4. Galaxy 5. Universe
400
What is the difference between a revolution and a rotation? Give an example of each.
A revolution is an object circles another object (the earth goes around the sun). A rotation is when an object spins on an axis (the earth spins on an axis of 23.5*).
500
What is the common misconception people have about why we have the seasons?
Seasons happen because the earth gets closer and farther away from the sun.
500
In 1852, a French scientist, Jean Bernard Foucault built a pendulum. What did his experiment prove?
That the earth is spinning.
500
If an object has more mass, that means it also has more _________.
Gravity (not size or volume)
500
Name four of the twelve zodiac signs/constellations.