A group of students wants to study the Moon. They want it to look bigger in order to see the features. What type of tool could they use for this?
What is a telescope?
100
Miguel is taking notes on two different stars he has been observing in the night sky. One star is closer to Earth than the other. How does this star differ in appearance to Miguel in relation to the star that is farther away?
What is the star that is closer will be bigger and brighter while the other one is smaller and dimmer?
100
What about the placement of the stars is significant?
What is stars that stay in the same arrangement?
100
Give one example in which the placement of stars could have been used before the invention of the GPS technology
What is sailors predicting their trip home?
100
We call this period of time in Summer
What is more direct sunlight shining on the Northern Hemisphere during a particular time of year?
200
What is one major difference between planets and stars?
What is planets traveling in a path and stars remaining still?
200
How long does it take Earth to rotate on its axis?
What is 24 hours (1 day)?
200
How long does it take the Earth to revolve around the sun?
What is 365 1/4 days?
200
Gravity along with the ________ is responsible for the ocean tides rising and falling.
What is the moon?
200
How many phases does the moon have?
What is eight?
300
When lookin at the moon with the naked eye, one can see light and dark areas. These dark areas are known as __________
What is craters?
300
When the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, we call this a _____________
What is a solar eclipse?
300
When the Moon is in the Earth's shadow, we call this a ________
What is lunar eclipse?
300
Neil Armstrong
What is the first person to walk on the moon?
300
A small, dim star would appear ______ and ______ if it were closer to Earth.
What is bigger and brighter?
400
Earth spinning on its axis
What is the cause of seasons?
400
The planet that has the brightest rings
What is Saturn?
400
If the amount of daylight begins to increase in Hurley, we can conclude that Earth must be doing what?
What is Earth tilting more toward the Sun?
400
In order for two cities to have Summer, Fall, Winter, or Spring at the same time of year, they must be located
What is same Hemisphere?
400
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What is the planets made up of gases?
500
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
What is the planets that are rocky?
500
What is located in the center of our Solar System?
What is the Sun?
500
Which planet is the most similar to Earth?
What is Venus?
500
27 days
What is how long the moon goes through the phases?
500
Milky Way
What is the name of our galaxy in the Solar System?