Rotation vs. Revolution
Seasons
Tides
Lunar Cycle
Star Life Cycle
100
The Earth rotates on....
What is its axis.
100
How many degrees is the axis tilted?
What is 23.5 degrees
100
How many tides occur in one day.
What is 2
100
How many phases of the moon are there?
What is 8.
100
What is a cloud of dust and gas called?
What is a nebula.
200
The Earth revolves around the....
What is the Sun.
200
Which season or seasons have an equal number of hours of day and night.
What is autumn and spring
200
Spring Tide will go in a straight line or a 90 degree angle.
What is a straight line.
200
How long does it take for the moon to complete its phases?
What is 1 month/29.5 days/4 weeks.
200
What determines the path of a star?
What is mass.
300
Rotation causes...
What is day and night.
300
If it is Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing.
What is autumn.
300
What causes tides?
What is the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
300
How long will it take for a 1st quarter moon to go to a 3rd quarter moon?
What is 2 weeks
300
What occurs after the red giant phase?
What is a planetary nebula.
400
How long does one revolution take?
What is one year.
400
Summer has what kind of days and nights?
What is the longest days and shortest nights.
400
What 2 lunar phases occur with a spring tide?
What is new and full moon
400
Approximately how long does it take for a full moon to go to a waning gibbous.
What is about 3 or 3.5 days
400
90% of our stars are in this stage right now.
What is Main Sequence.
500
What is a word to describe the path the Earth takes to go around the sun?
What is orbit.
500
What are the 2 causes of seasons?
What is the tilt and revolution.
500
What 2 phases occur with a neap tide?
What is 1st and 3rd quarter.
500
If a 1st quarter moon occurs on March 5, what date will the new moon occur on?
What is March 26.
500
After a supernova occurs, what are the 2 paths that a star can take?
What is a neutron star and black hole
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