THE UNIVERSE
PHASES
TIME
SOLAR SYSTEM
SEASONS
100
large and unimaginable expanse of dust, gas, stars, clouds, galaxies, and life.
what is the universe?
100
Nothing can be seen
What is the new moon
100
amount of time for one revolution of earth around the sun
What is 365.25
100
the imaginary line that cuts through the north and south pole
axis
100
Seasons are caused by
tilt
200
occurred 14 billion years ago from a single point.
What is the big bang?
200
when the moon is in the middle of the earth and sun it creates....
a solar eclipse
200
roughly one day is represented by what motion of earth?
rotation
200
the imaginary line the earth follows around the sun.
orbit
200
earth is tilted how many degrees
23.5
300
distant galaxies are all shifting towards what?
red
300
when the moon is behind the earth and falls in the earths shadow...it is known as....
a lunar eclipse
300
We see the same face of the moon because of...
Sync. Rotation
300
What is located just above the equator that will get direct rays from the sun one season out of the year.
tropic of cancer.
300
Summer and winter are known as...
our solstice seasons
400
two pieces of evidence for the big bang theory
what is cosmic back ground radiation and shifts in the electromagnetic spectrum.
400
moon needed for a lunar eclipse
full moon
400
The moon ____________ around the earth in 27.3 days.
revolves
400
The first 4 planets from the sun are known as....
Terrestrial Planets
400
What are the two dates in which the angles of the sun are the most extreme?
June 21st and Dec. 21
500
What was found in a crater that was used as evidence that a Jupiter mars like planet hit earth?
Iron
500
the label used for the growing of visibility of the moon
What is waxing
500
We have a leap year every _____ years.
4
500
the last 4 planets from the sun are known as ...
Jovian planets
500
point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid or comet where it is nearest to the sun.
perihelion
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