Seasons / Tides
Rotation/ Revolution
Stars
100
Either of the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
What is Solstice
100
One complete trip of earth around the sun
What is revolution
100
Characteristics used to classify stars
What is size, brightness, temperature, and brightness?
200
An equinox occurs when
What is when neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun.
200
One complete spin on earth's axis
What is a rotation
200
The lifetime of a star depends on its
What is Mass
300
Tides are mainly caused by
What is the difference in how the earth and sun pull on the different parts of earth
300
One complete revolution of earth around the sun takes about
What is one year
300
What is the difference between apparent brightness (magnitude) & absolute brightness (luminosity)
What is Magnitude as seen from Earth Luminosity brightness seen from a standard distance from earth
400
During which lunar phases do spring tides occur
What is New moon or Full Moon
400
Earth has season's because
What is its axis is tilted as it moves around the sun
400
The absolute brightness of a star depends on its
What is size and temperature
500
the cause of earth's seasons
What is the Earth's Tilt
500
Why do we only see one side of the moon
What is the far side is always facing away from the moon
500
The Hertz-Sprung Russell diagram shows that main sequence stars increase in _________ as they increase in ________
What is brightness and temperature
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