Recent Vocabulary
This is what "revolution" means, in Earth Science terms.
What is something like "moving around the Sun"
OR "orbiting around the Sun"
OR "taking a path to make a complete loop"
OR "the motion to complete a period?"
True or False: The Earth and the Moon both revolve clockwise in their respective orbits.
What is False?
[They both revolve counterclockwise in their orbits.]
The hottest stars known to mankind are a shade of this color.
What is blue?
There are four Jovian planets. Name one.
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune?
This candy claims to melt in your mouth, but not in your hand.
What is/are M&M's?
This is what "heliocentric" means.
What is something like "the Sun is the center of this system?"
When the moon blocks the view of the Sun as seen on Earth, we experience this phenomenon that shouldn't be directly stared at without protection.
What is a solar eclipse?
The star Aldebaran is approximately this temperature, to the nearest 1000 Kelvin.
What is 4,000 K?
The Coriolis Effect and Foucault's Pendulum are proof of this phenomenon in our galaxy.
What is Earth's rotation?
Benzaldehyde is the molecule majorly responsible for the flavor in almonds, as well as this specific, sweetened, dyed variety of fruit. You can often find one atop an ice cream sundae.
What are Maraschino cherries?
OR what are cocktail cherries?
OR what are candy cherries?
This is what "terrestrial planet" means.
What is "a rocky planet"
OR what is "a planet with a solid crustal surface"
OR what is "one of the four planets closest to the sun?"
This is why the Sun's gravitational pull does not completely overwhelm or overshadow the Moon's effect on tides.
What is something akin to "the Sun is too far away?"
OR What is "the Sun is much further away than the Moon?"
This is how much more luminous the North Star is, compared to the Sun.
What is (a number between 1,000 & 10,000) times?
This is the most elliptical planetary orbit in our solar system.
What is Mercury?
According to Google Trends from September 2024 to September 2025, this CHOCOLATE candy is the most popular Halloween candy in New York state.
What are Kit Kat bars?
OR What are Kit Kats?
OR What is Kit Kat?
This is the time & location in which the Earth is closest to the Sun, which occurs at some point with the first week of January.
What is "perihelion?"
When the Sun, Moon, and Earth form a right angle, with Earth at the point, that is when this phenomenon occurs on the surface of the Earth.
What are neap tides?
These are the two elements that make up the majority of the mass of stars.
What are hydrogen (H) and helium (He)?
[Half-credit if only one is given]
This is how many times more dense Venus is compared to Uranus.
What is 4 times denser?
This divisive confection is flavored by the root of the same name, but its taste is reinforced by anise oil. (So, much of the flavor does not come from the actual root itself.) This flavor profile is also found in many tobacco products, which are not recommended.
What is licorice?
This is what we call a 23.5 degree line of latitude, which has the sun appear directly overhead on one of the solstices. It's no coincidence the degree amount is the same as that of the Earth's axis.
What is a "tropic?"
(more specifically, the Tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn)
This is when spring tides occur. (Hint: It's not only in the springtime.)
What is when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are all aligned?
OR What is during a new moon or full moon?
After a massive star explodes into a supernova, it can become one of two things. Name both.
What is a neutron star or a black hole?
[Half-credit will be given for just one of them.]
This is the only planet whose "days" on that planet are longer than the "years" on that planet.
*Hint: It's not Earth we're talking about.
What is Venus?
[Period of rotation is longer than their period of revolution.]
According to Google Trends from September 2024 to September 2025, this NON-CHOCOLATE candy is the most popular Halloween candy in 13 states (the most popular by number of states).
What is/are Starbursts?