Stars/Galaxies
Constellations
Moon Phases
Eclipses
Seasons
100
Without a telescope we can see only a few galaxies from Earth. The reason is
What is most galaxies are too far away for the naked eye to see
100
This constellation looks like a W or lazy M
What is Cassiopeia?
100
The phases of the moon are due to the....
What is amount of lit portion of the moon seen from Earth
100
What causes a solar eclipse?
What is The moon passes directly between the sun and the Earth.
100
Earth's spinning on its axis is called
What is rotation?
200
Patterns of stars in the sky are called
What is constellations?
200
This constellation looks like a bear and contains one of the most well known constellations.
What is Ursa Major?
200
True or False. The moon rotates around the Earth.
What is False, it revolves.
200
What is it called when a shadow is cast by an object in space coming between the sun and another object?
What is an eclipse?
200
When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, which area of Earth gets the most concentrated amount of sunlight?
What is Southern Hemisphere
300
True or False: Most Constellations have stories made up by the Greek Philosphers.
What is True.
300
This constellation is named the great hunter.
What is Orion
300
What percent of the moon is always illuminated by the sun?
What is 50% or 1/2
300
The Sun the Moon and the Earth are alligned in the following order: Sun, Earth, Moon. What type of eclipse is this?
What is Lunar?
300
IF the Earth is tilted towards the sun and the Northen Hemisphere is closer to the sun, What seasons is it in the Northen Hemisphere?
What is summer?
400
How is the mass of a star related to its lifetime?
What is The more mass a star has, the shorter its lifetime or the less mass a star has, the longer its lifetime.
400
This constellation was said to have killed the mighty Orion
What is Scorpius?
400
Half the moon is always illuminated by the sun. It appears to us in different phases because.......
What is the amount of lit portion we can see changes as the moon revolves around Earth
400
When viewing a solar eclipse, what is the phase of the moon?
What is New Moon?
400
What is the reason that Earth has seasons?
What is Earth's tilt in relation to the sun
500
In the Northern Hemisphere, the constellations seem to revolve around what reference point in the sky?
What is Polaris? (North Star)
500
This constellation looks like it is flying across the sky.
What is Cygnus.
500
If we are looking at the moon during a Waning Gibbous, draw what that looks like.
Answers will vary.
500
On Earth, why is someone more likely to see a lunar eclipse than a solar eclipse?
What is Earth casts a much bigger shadow on the moon than the moon casts on Earth
500
True or False: Australia has winter the same time we do in the United States.
What is False.
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