Moon phases
Number of moon phases
What is 8?
Season occur because of this
What is Earth's tilt
All stars start as a
Nebula
The idea of how our solar system formed
What is the solar nebula hypothesis?
Location on Earth that receives the most direct sunlight and does not experience seasons.
What is the equator
It takes approximately this long to complete one lunar cycle
What is 29.5 days
Caitlyn lives in Australia. She experiences this season in August.
What is winter
Average sized stars, like our sun, will all end up as
What are black dwarfs?
Total number of planets found in our solar system
What is 8?
This theory explains how our universe began
What is the big bang?
When less then half of the moons lit portion is visible on the right side.
What is a waxing crescent?
What is revolution?
After a supernova explosions stars can become a black hole or this
What is a pulsar or neutron star?
Division between the first four and last four planets
What is the asteroid belt?
The second furthest planet in our solar system
What is Uranus?
Phase after a full moon.
What is a waning gibbous
It takes this long for the Earth to complete one full rotation
What is one day?
Our Sun is currently in this "phase" of its life
What is the main sequence phase?
The four planets closest to the sun are also called this.
What are the inner planets/terrestrial/rocky planets?
What is 95?
The alignment for the earth, moon, and sun during a full moon.
What is the sun, earth and then moon?
Before becoming a planets they are called this
What are planetismals
This process must happen before a star can officially be called a star.
What is nuclear fusion?
This is what all planets in our solar system have in common.
What is revolving around the sun?
This diagram compares a stars luminosity to it's temperature
What is the HR diagram?