Stars
Space Objects
Sun, Earth, Moon
Seasons
Misc.
100
Stars are formed here
What is nebula
100
large objects made of ice with tails that orbit the sun
What is comet
100
Cause of tides
What is moon's gravity
100
Cause of seasons
What is tilt.
100
How is distance usually measured in space.
What is light years.
200
Next stage for our star
What is red giant
200
HUGE rock in space. Most are between Mars and Jupiter.
What is an asteroid
200
The moon is between the Earth and Sun, directly lined up. Name the eclipse.
What is solar
200
Season with direct sunlight in the north due to the axis tilting toward the sun.
What is summer
200
The tool used on Earth to observe space.
What is telescope
300
only the hot core of a dying star
What is white dwarf
300
Rock in space LESS than a mile in diameter that can hit the earth and leave a crater.
What is meteor
300
Phase of the moon when the moon is between the Earth and the sun.
What is new moon.
300
Season with the least direct sunlight due to the axis of the Northern hemisphere tilting away from the sun.
What is winter
300
The tool used by scientists in space to observe the universe.
What is satellite
400
The end result of a SUPER MASSIVE star at the end of its existence.
What is supernova, black hole, or neutron star
400
A shooting star
What is a meteor
400
Eclipse that is formed when the Sun, Earth, and moon line up perfectly blocking out the moon.
What is lunar.
400
Describe how the number of daylight hours change from summer to winter and why.
What is More daylight hours in the summer, less in the winter due to the tilt.
400
Three shapes of galaxies, which do we live in, and what is it named
What is irregular, elliptical, and spiral. Live in spiral MILKY WAY galaxy
500
The reason our star is so hot, bright, gives off radiation, and can burn without oxygen.
What is our sun is a nuclear reactor.
500
The cause of a mass extinction 65 million years ago that blocked out the sun creating a disruption in the food chain.
What is Asteroid
500
Length of time between Full moon and new moon.
What is 2 weeks.
500
When are the equinoxes and where is the sun directly hitting the earth?
What is Spring and Fall (March 20/21, Sept 20/21). Sun directly hitting the equator.
500
Name the eight planets.
What is Mercury,Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Saturn, Neptune. NOT PLUTO- fits better as a KUIPER BELT object.
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