Stars
Sun
Seasons
Comparing
Miscellaneous
100
Word that best describes the sun.
What is a star?
100
Why the sun appears different sizes from different planets.
What is because the distance between 
the sun and each planet is larger the 
further out you get. The further away 
from the sun you are, the smaller it 
appears.
100
If May, June, and July are the summer months in the Northern Hemisphere, which place would be warmer in the month of July? Southern Africa or the United States?
What is the United States! Remember, Northern and Southern hemispheres have opposite seasons, so when it is summer here, its winter over there!
100
The one characteristic of our 
sun that does not apply to any 
other star.
What is it is the only star in our solar system?
100
The part of the earth that experiences warm direct sunlight all year.
What is the equator? Most of our extreme weather is "born" at the equator.
200
The gases that make up a star.
What are hydrogen and helium?
200
When measuring stars, our sun is described as this size.
What is a medium star
200
Would we still have seasons if there was no tilt of the Earth's axis?
What is "No". If there was no tilt, the amount of sunlight hitting the world would be consistent in all areas, just making one season.
200
A characteristic that does NOT apply to our sun 
but does apply to most stars.
What is we can see them at night?
200
During the winter, the increased angle of the sun's rays and the sun's decreased altitude in the sky causes what to happen to the temperatures and hours of darkness?
What is the temperatures begin to decrease and the hours of darkness increase.
300
Other stars appear smaller in the night sky for this reason.
What is they are farther away?
300
The luminosity (L) of our sun appears brighter to us than other stars for this reason.
What is it is closer to the Earth than other stars.
300
We receive more direct sunlight or less direct sunlight during the northern hemisphere's winter.
What is less direct sunlight? Indirect sunlight = cold weather
300
The Luminosity (L) and the 
diameter of a star are smaller 
from Earth if the star is this.
What is far away from Earth?
300
The season when the angle of the sun's rays result in the greatest area covered by rays.
What is winter?
400
Our sun is described as this type of star. It's name describes its brightness and temperature.
What is a yellow dwarf?
400
This is the reasons for the seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth and how the sun hits it as it orbits around the sun.
400
If there was another planet in a different solar system with the same environment and distance away from the sun but it didn't have a tilt in its axis, would it still have four seasons?
What is "No". The earth's tilt is mandatory in order for us to have four seasons. It makes sure that we're exposed to different amounts of direct sunlight in a year.
400
What is the time of the year when the sun takes its longest path, and as a result there is the most daylight.
What is summer?
400
What a pattern of stars is called.
What is a constellation? Constellations can be used for navigation, if you don't have a compass.
500
This word describes a star's brightness.
What is luminosity?
500
The term "solar system" refers to all thing that do this.
What is everything that orbits a star?
500
The reason there different seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres?
What is, because of the earth's tilt. The northern and southern hemispheres are tilted towards the sun at different times, thus they have different seasons at different times.
500
During the summer, the days or hours of daylight in this hemisphere grow longer.
What is the northern hemisphere?
500
It is NOT responsible for causing our seasons.
What is the Earth's distance from the sun?
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