The term used to describe any other planet outside of our solar system
What is exoplanet?
True or False:
The length of the rotation and revolution of our moon is exactly the same.
What is TRUE?
These two factors keep the Earth and moon in their orbits.
What is "gravity" and inertia?
What PCC ASP stands for
What is Project Contemporary Competitiveness, Advanced Studies Program?
The imaginary line that runs from N to S pole
What is axis?
Solar refers to the sun. This term refers to the moon.
What is "lunar"?
The name of an icy object that orbits around the Sun in a HUGE ellipse and has a tail that we can see.
What is a comet?
The year that PCC was founded
What is 1968?
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
What is 365.25 days?
The name of the brand new space telescope that launched last year and is 1 MILLION miles from Earth
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
When the alignment is:
Sun- Moon- Earth straight in a line
What is a "new moon"?
This object is used to study far away objects in the sky.
What is a "telescope"?
The name of the card game most often played at PCC by students
What is Egyptian Rat Tails?
The length of time for one rotation of planet Earth
What is 24 hours?
We are studying this planet for a possible place for humans to move one day.
What is Mars?
The first and last name of your Astronomy teacher at PCC
What is Chelsea Smith?
The name of the dwarf planet that was demoted from planet due to its size and ability to clear its own path
What is Pluto?
The moon affects this on Earth
What are the tides?
The theme of your first PCC dance this week
What is Color Dance?