Day and Night
Miscellaneous
Planets!
Our Place in Space
Stars
Wild Card
100
A __________ occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth.
solar eclipse
100
What is the name of our galaxy?
The Milky Way
100
What celestial object/s lies between the inner rocky planets and the gas giant outer planets
The Asteroid Belt.
100
The first human in space. He was from the Soviet Union.
Who was Yuri Gargarin
100
What star is closest to Earth?
The Sun!
100
NASAs newest telescope
James Webb
200
What do we call spinning of the Earth around the Sun?
Revolution
200
The gravitational pull of the Moon on Earth's oceans results in...
tides
200
What planet is this one?
Uranus.
200
How long does a rotation of the Earth around its axis take?
About 24 hours
200
What is the name of this galaxy?
The Milky Way.
200
Variable that is purposely changed in an investigation
Independent
300
Example of a Natural Satellite
The Moon
300
Compared to the Earth's solar system, the universe is...
A.) Older and Larger
B.) Older and Smaller
C.) Younger and Larger
D.) Younger and Smaller
A
300
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
300
What is the only other planet in our solar system that is believed to be able to sustain life?
Mars
300
Birth place of stars
Nebula
300
What will be the lifecyle of our star?
Main sequence= transforming from a main-sequence star into a Red Giant, then White Dwarf, eventually fading into a cold, dark Black Dwarf
400
What phase of the moon is shown here? 
New Moon
400
One revolution on Earth is how long?
365 days
400
Between Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus, which one has the most moons?
Saturn
400
What is the closest star (not our sun) that is closest to Earth
Proxima Centauri
400
What is a Galaxy?
Galaxies are systems that contain millions or even billions of stars
400
The year the first American Astronaut went to the moon.
1969
500
What causes our planet to have four seasons?
Seasons are the result of the tilt of the Earth's axis.
500
Name a piece of evidence for the Big Bang
Redshift of distant galaxies
cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation
500
Which planet rotates on its axis from east to west
Jupiter, Earth, Venus and Mercury
Venus
500
What is the name for the path that a planet takes around the Sun?
Orbit
500
What is the relationship between the solar system and the solar nebula?
The solar system was formed by the solar nebula
500
Theory of life starting on Earth from chemical building blocks coming from an impacting meteor
Panspermia