History
Seasons
Revolutions and Rotations
Timezones/Clocks
Calendars
100
John Harrison, a carpenter, built what type of clock in 1761 to win a prize?
What is a clock to keep accurate time at sea
100
How many seasons are there on most planets and what are there names?
What is 4; winter, summer, spring, and fall/autumn
100
How long does it take for Earth to make one revolution around the sun? (Hint: Not one year.)
What is 365.25 days.
100
Name four of the six U.S. timezones.
What is Alaskan, Hawaiian, Mountain, Pacific, Eastern Central
100
What was the earliest Egyptian calendar based on?
What is moon cycle
200
What was the predecessor of sundials?
What is Shadow Clock
200
True or false. Seasons at the poles are the same.
What is false
200
True or false. All planets revolve and rotate at different speeds.
What is true
200
Who used sundials? (Name all four)
What is Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Chinese
200
What is the Aztec calendar also known as?
What is the Sun Stone
300
Who came up with the idea of a pendulum clock?
Who is Galileo
300
What are the 3 reasons for seasons on Earth?
What is the tilt, Earth revolving around the sun, and different sections of Earth receiving different amounts of sun light
300
What law is the law that states that all objects move at the same speed in the same direction until an outside force acts on the object?
What is Newton's 1st Law of Motion
300
When were the first mechanical clocks made?
What is near the end of the thirteenth century
300
What is an ancient calendar used by Mayans of Central America?
What is Great Aztec Calendar Stone
400
Who made the first pendulum clock in 1956?
Who is Chrisitian Huggens
400
Around what day of the month are most solstices and equinoxes on Earth?
What is the 21st
400
Why are the terms "rest" and "motion" relative terms?
What is because they only refer to the object’s surroundings, not the planets and the universe which are always moving
400
When did Ancient Greeks start using water clocks?
What is around 325 B.C.
400
What did the ancient civilization rely on to determine seasons, months and years?
What is apparent motions of the sun, moon, planets and sky
500
When were shadow clocks used?
What is the 8th century B.C.
500
What are the three main differences between seasons on different planets?
What is different lengths, different temperatures/weather, and different amounts of daylight.
500
What is Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation?
What is the constant pull between two objects that attracts them to each other
500
What is the only nation in Arizona that observes daylight savings?
Who is the Navajo Indian Nation
500
When was the 365 day calendar devised and by whom?
What is around 3,100 B.C. by the Egyptians
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