Heartbreak on a Full Moon
SZN
Put a Ring on It
America's Next Top Model
Little Einsteins
100
What moon phase is this?
Waxing Crescent
100
Which two (2) factors determine Earth's seasons?
a. angle of sunlight
b. Earth's rotation
c. Earth's tilted axis
a. angle of sunlight
c. Earth's tilted axis
100
Jupiter has the most moons of any planet. How many moons does Jupiter have?
67
100
With Copernicus's heliocentric model, the Sun is located in the center of the Solar System. What does "helio-" mean?
"Sun"
100
The Sun appears to be the largest star to us (on Earth) because it is the _______ star to us.
a. biggest
b. closest
c. whitest
b. closest
200
What moon phase begins, about, 3.5 days after the beginning of a full moon phase?
Waning Gibbous
200
Define "hemisphere."
"hemi-" means _______ and "-sphere" means _______
"half" and "circle"
200
From closest to the Sun, name the four (4) Inner Planets in order.
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
200
Which of the Solar System models is this?
Ptolemy's geocentric model
200
What force of the Sun's causes the planets, their moons, dwarf planets, and the asteroid belt to orbit it?
Gravity
300
If we are having a waning crescent moon phase tonight, then what moon phase would we have in two (2) weeks?
Waxing Gibbous
300
If we are experiencing summer, is the Northern Hemisphere tilted toward the Sun or away from it?
toward the Sun
300
The Inner Planets have _______, _______ surfaces which would allow spacecraft to land on them.
a. cold, gaseous
b. melted, metallic
c. solid, rocky
c. solid, rocky
300
In Ptolemy's geocentric model, what "body" was at the center?
Earth
300
Because of _______ _______, stars appear to travel across the sky, in a curve, from east to west.
a. constellation clusters
b. Earth's rotation
c. Kanye West
b. Earth's rotation
400
If a new moon phase begins one (1) week from tonight, what moon phase will occur two (2) weeks from tonight?
First Quarter
400
The _______ ___ _______ is the amount of heat and light energy directly received anywhere on Earth.
a. angle of sunlight
b. axis and equator
c. Sun or Moon
a. angle of sunlight
400
Name the four (4) planets that have rings.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
400
With both the geocentric and heliocentric models, the shape of the orbits is a perfect circle - which is incorrect. What shape should the orbits be?
ellipse/elliptical
400
Using a telescope, more stars will be _______ and appear brighter.
a. absent
b. twinkling
c. visible
c. visible
500
How many days pass between the beginning of a waxing crescent moon phase and the beginning of a waning crescent moon phase?
21 days (3 weeks)
500
If the Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, then what season are we experiencing?
Winter
500
What three (3) characteristics do the Outer Planets share?
1.) mostly made of gas
2.) gigantic (very large in size)
3.) have rings made of rock and ice
500
Copernicus's heliocentric model was more _______ than Ptolemy's geocentric model.
accurate
500
During a solar eclipse, a (1)_______ _______ passes directly between the (2) _______ and (3) _______.
hint: which moon phase has to be occurring?
1. new moon
2. Earth/Sun
3. Earth/Sun