Use the Force (of gravity)
Space Odyssey
Day and Night
100
Gravity is a force that does this...
What is pull?
100
This form of energy is what makes stars emit light.
What is heat?
100
This is what causes day and night.
what is Earth's rotation?
200
Earths gravitational force pulls towards this location.
What is to the center of the Earth.
200
This unit of measurement is used to measure the distance of objects in space.
What is a light year?
200
DAILY DOUBLE: These are the names of each time zone in the United States.
What are Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaskan, Hawaii-Aleutian?
300
The streak of light that a chunk of rock falling from space toward Earth produces is known as this.
What is a meteor?
300
This unit of measurement describes how bright a star looks from Earth.
What is Apparent Brightness?
300
This time zone is furthest to the west out of any US State
What is the Hawaii-Aleutian Time zone?
400
compare how the moon's gravity and the gravity of a large planet like Jupiter, would affect an astronauts weight.
Moon (smaller planet/moon)- less weight
Jupiter (larger planet/moon)- more weight
400
DAILY DOUBLE: This is the approximate duration of time it takes for sunlight to reach Earth.
What is about 8 minutes?
400
This is the number of time-zones in the entire world.
What is 24?
500
A curved path that an object makes around another object is known as this.
What is orbit?
500
When looking at the night sky, one may look upon the star Betelgeuse. We see its light from this many (light) years ago.
what is 643 light years?
500
A part of the world where the same standard time zone is used.
What are time zones?