Solar System
When there is an intense localized eruption of electromagnetic radiation in the Sun's atmosphere
What is Solar Flare?
Difference between Waning and Waxing.
What is Waning = getting smaller, bright part is on the left side and Waxing = getting bigger, bright part is on the right side?
Why Do we have seasons?
What is the tilt of the earth and the revolution around the sun?
These are large rocks and they orbit between the planets around the sun.
What are asteroids?
What Category does the sun fit into?
- Low mass star
- Medium mass star
- High mass star
What is Medium Mass star?
After the phase Third (or Last) Quarter.
What is the moon phase Waning Crescent?
When the earth is tilted most towards or most away from the sun. (June 21st and December 21st)
What is the summer and winter solstice?
Known as the hottest planet due to it's thick atmosphere.
What is Venus?
These are loose collections of rock and frozen gases that move throughout our galaxy and usually have tails.
What are Comets?
Polaris
What is the name of the star directly above the North Pole?
Define the term Circumpolar
What is when we can see certain constellations all year round?
If at 12 noon my shadow is practically non-existent (very short) on a sunny day, what season is it?
What is summer?
This is the largest planet overall.
What is Jupiter?
What is the name of the process happening in the stars as they become larger in the Main sequence star phase?
What is nuclear fusion?
A prominent pattern or group of stars, typically having a popular name but smaller than a constellation.
What is Asterism?
What is the order of the sun, moon and earth during a Lunar Eclipse?
What is Sun, Earth, Moon?
What is the name of the planet that is named after the roman god of war?
What is Mars?
List the planets (including the asteroid belt) in order they appear from the sun outwards.
What is the stage that comes after Super Giant in the High Mass Star cycle?
What is Supernova?
Why do we have the phases of the moon?
What is because of our positionality on the earth we only observe portions of the bright side even thought the moon is always half dark and have light?
Equinox definition
What is an equinox occurs when the position of the Sun is exactly over the Equator. When this happens, the hours of daylight and the hours of darkness are about equal almost everywhere on Earth?