Day & Night
Seasons
Moon Phases
Galaxies
Random
100
The spinning of the Earth on its axis
Rotation
100
The 4 seasons
Winter, Spring, Fall, Summer
100
What phase of the moon is shown here?
New Moon
100
What galaxy to we reside in?
The Milky Way
100
How many planets are in our solar system? Include Earth
8
200
The spinning of the Earth around the sun
Revolution
200
At these times of year (Seasons) the sunlight shines equally on the northern and southern hemispheres.
Spring and Fall
200
Length of each lunar phase
About 7.4 days
200
Center cluster of stars, spiral or disk shape, Milky Way, arms coming out
Spiral Galaxy
200
What is the name for the path that a planet takes around the Sun?
Orbit
300
The degree to which the Earth is tilted
23 degrees
300
In this season the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, causing longer daylight hours and more direct sunlight.
Summer
300
Total length of a lunar cycle
About 29 days
300
No defined shape, no clear bulge or disk, leftovers of 2 colliding galaxies
Irregular Galaxy
300
A system of stars, gases and dust held together by gravity
Galaxy
400
The day you have the shortest amount of daylight
Around December 21st
400
This part of the Earth gets the most direct light from the sun and has the least variation in daylight hours. It is also the region of the world with the most rainforests.
The Equator
400
When the sun's surface is blocked out by the moon
Solar Eclipse
400
Densely packed stars, round or oval shaped
Elliptical Galaxy
400
A unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year
A light year
500
Explain the process of how the moon was formed
Approximately 4.5 billion years ago, the Earth and another planet crashed into each other. The debris from that crash created the moon.
500
During December, January and February, the Southern Hemisphere is experiencing what season on Earth?
Summer
500
The Earth is between the sun and the moon
Lunar Eclipse
500
Location of our sun in the Milky Way galaxy
⅓ the distance from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy on the Orion Arm.
500
What is the only other planet in our solar system that we believe could sustain life?
Mars