What on Earth is happening?
Is it reasonable to order a 5 mL coffee from Starbucks?
No
These two models have the Earth at the center
What are geocentric and hybrid models?
This is where and when (time) you would see your zodiac on your birthday.
What color is hotter? blue or red
Blue is hotter
These are the 4 Galilean moon of Jupiter.
What are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto?
Earth is a complex system of these 4 interacting parts (spheres)
What is biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere?
This scientist came up with the geocentric model.
Who is Ptolemy?
When facing south while in the southern hemisphere, the stars seem to circle in this direction (CW or CCW).
What is CW?
This part of the EM spectrum has the greatest speed in a vaccuum.
What is they all have the same speed?
These are the 8 phases of the moon in order
What are New, Waxing Crescent, 1st Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full, Waning Gibbous, 3rd Quarter, Waning Crescent?
This is a tentative explanation that is tested to determine if it is valid.
What is a hypothesis?
This scientist came up with the heliocentric model.
Who is Copernicus?
This is a day with respect to the stars.
What is a sidereal day?
Name in order the EM spectrum from highest frequency (shortest wavelength) to lowest frequency (longest wavelength).
What is gamma, x-ray, U.V, visible (VIBGYOR), IR, microwave and radio?
This one characteristic basically determines if a planet will have the ability to erase surface features.
What is planet size?
These are the two divisions of Earth's surface.
What are continents and ocean basins?
This is how the geocentric model accounted for retrograde motion.
What are epicycles?
This is name of the apparent path of the Sun upon the celestial sphere.
What is the ecliptic?
What is emit, absorb, reflect, and transmit?
These are the 8 planets, in order, starting at the Sun.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?
Earth's internal structure can be divided into these three layers.
What is the crust, mantle, and core?
This was the final evidence which killed the geocentric model.
What are the phases of Venus?
When on the equator, the North Celestial Pole will appear here.
What is on the horizon?
Name the three standard candles on the Cosmic Distance Ladder.
What are Main Sequence Fitting, Cepheid Variables, and Type 1A Supernova?
At the final stage of its life, the sun will become this type of star.
What is a white dwarf?