Astronomy I
Astronomy II
Astronomy III
Astronomy IV
Astronomy V
From the Test
100
This is the word for the science that studies the universe.
What is Astronomy?
100
This is an oval-shaped path that the planets travel in their orbit around the sun.
What is ellipse?
100
This is the turning, or spinning, of a body (such as a planet) on its axis.
What is Rotation?
100
How are the Sun, Moon, and Earth aligned during a Solar Ellipse?
What is Sun, Moon, Earth?
100
Daily Double!
Determine how many points your group would like to wager and the question will be shown. You will have 90 seconds to answer the question.
Why don't we have a Solar Eclipse every time we have a new moon?
100
What's the first thing you should do whenever you receive a test?
What is Read the Directions!?
200
Copernicus was a scientist who proposed this model of the solar system where the sun is at it's center.
What is the Heliocentric model?
200
This is the motion of a celestial body along a path around the sun.
What is Revolution?
200
This celestial body orbits the Earth.
What is the moon?
200
In the southern hemisphere, a winter solstice would occur on this date.
What is June 21st?
200
This is the word for when a moon is decreasing in its moon phase and showing less light.
What is waning?
200
The passage of the Moon into Earth's shadow causes a
What is Lunar eclipse?
300
This planet is closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
300
In this solar system model the Earth was proposed as the center of the solar system.
What is Geocentric Model?
300
When the Moon is completely in light, it is referred to as this phase.
What is a full moon?
300
Out of the 3 celestial bodies involved in an eclipse, this one is the smallest.
What is the Moon?
300
This is the planet that is next in line after Earth.
What is Mars?
300
Name the four moon phases that only happen once per lunar cycle.
What is New Moon, Full Moon, First Quarter, and Last Quarter?
400
When the Earth is between the Sun and Moon it is called a...
What is a lunar eclipse?
400
This occurs when the moon moves in a line directly between Earth and the sun, casting a shadow on Earth.
What is Solar Eclipse?
400
The phase of the moon where no light is seen is called
What is a new moon?
400
This is the number of planets in our solar system.
What is 8?
400
This is a word that means the same as rotation.
What is spinning (on an axis)?
400
The formation of the planet Earth is estimate to
have occurred approximately how many year ago
What is 4.5 billion years ago?
500
How many hours of sunlight does the Northern Hemisphere receive on March 21st?
What is 12 hours?
500
This is the name for the event on June 21st in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the summer solstice?
500
The month is based on the cycle of the moon’s phases. It lasts about this many days.
What is 29 days?
500
What is the second full in the month called?
What is Blue Moon?
500
What moon phases starts the lunar cycle?
What is New Moon?
500
Which of the following planets is a terrestrial planet?
Jupiter
Uranus
Mars
Pluto
What is Mars?
600
What season begins on June 21st?
What is Summer?
600
When the right half of the Moon is bright the moon is?
What is waxing?
600
When does a meteor become a meteorite?
What is when it hits the Earth's surface?
600
On what day is the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere?
What is December 21?
600
Name at least qualification for a celestial body to be considered a planet.
1. It must orbit a star (the sun for our solar system)
2. It must be big enough to have enough gravity to force it into a spherical shape.
3. It must be big enough that its gravity cleared away any other objects of a similar size near its orbit around the Sun.
600
How many hours of daylight are received at the Arctic Circle when Earth is at position A?
What is 12 hours?