Astronomy
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This is the study of the universe
What is astronomy
100
The closest planet to the Sun
What is Mercury
100
The name of the galaxy we live in
What is the Milky Way
100
The outer planets are also known as _______ giants.
What are Gas Giants
100
A solar eclipse occurs when the _____ is between earth and the sun
What is the moon
200
How long it takes for the moon to orbit the earth.
What is month (or 28 days)
200
The moon phase that is the beginning of the cycle
What is a new moon
200
The collection of rocks between the inner and outer planets
What is the Asteroid Belt
200
The lighter portion of a shadow
What is the prenumbra?
200
The planet that is missing from this list:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, Eris
What is Mars?
300
When the moon is getting smaller
What is waning?
300
The smallest dwarf planet in our solar system
What is Haumea
300
The inner planets are called this
What is terrestrial
300
When the Earth blocks the sunlight from the moon?
What is a Lunar Eclipse?
300
The bright ring around the sun that becomes visible during a full eclipse
What is the corona?
400
Is the amount of time required for the sun to appear in the same spot in the sky after a single rotation.
What is a day?
400
The largest planet in our solar system
What is Jupiter
400
Our star and the objects that orbit it, are called this
What is a solar system
400
______ are sections of the sky which contain recognizable star patterns.
What is a constellation?
400
Moon light is really _____-light being ______
What is sun and reflected?
500
The first country to put a man on the moon
Who is United States
500
A large chunk of ice, dirt and rocks that usually comes from the Oort Cloud in a long elliptical Orbit
What is a comet?
500
The force that keeps planets orbiting the sun
What is gravity
500
The first man to walk on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong?
500
The name for the Northern lights
What is a Aurora Borealis
600
This word describes a moon that is getting bigger
What is waxing?
600
The time it takes for the earth to orbit around the sun.
What is a year or 365 days
600
The dark portion a shadow
What is the Umbra?
600
The color of the hottest star
What is a blue star
600
Our Sun is a _______ sized star
What is medium
700
This is when the moon is more than half full
What is Gibbous?
700
When the moon is less than half full
What is Crescent?
700
When the moon completely blocks the sun from earth
What is a Solar Eclipse?
700
These are the only two planets that are not named for Roman gods
What are Haumea and Makemake?
700
This is what is happening in Bloomington, Indiana on April 8th, at approximately 3:04 pm
What is a Total Eclipse?
800
This phase of the moon is called this
What is a waning gibbous moon?
800
This phase of the moon is called this.
What is a waxing crescent?
800
This is what we call the moon when the illuminated side faces away from the earth
What is a new moon?
800
This is what we call the moon when the entire illuminated side faces the earth
What is a full moon?
800
The amount of time it takes for the earth to complete a single 360 degree rotation.
What is 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds?