Tides & Moon Phases
The Universe
Solar System
Rock Layers
Eclipses & Seasons
100
Low tide occurs at 6:00 pm. The next low tide will occur at this time.
What is 6:00 am?
100
This is the galaxy in which our solar system is located
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
100
The planets nearest the sun will take (more/less) days to orbit the sun than those farther away.
What is less?
100
Given multiple rock layers, the oldest fossils will be found here.
What is the bottom layer?
100
This is the order of celestial bodies during a Solar Eclipse.
What is Sun, Moon, Earth?
200
Spring tides occur during one of these two moon phases.
What are New Moon and Full Moon.
200
True or False: The Milky Way Galaxy is the only galaxy in the universe
What is false?
200
The Sun is this many times larger than Earth.
What is 1.3 million times?
200
Put these events in order from oldest to youngest: C, E, F, H
What are E, C, H, F?
200
It is during this month that the Southern Hemisphere experiences Summer.
What is December?
300
Neap tides occur during these moon phases.
What are First Quarter or Third Quarter?
300
This is believed to be the event that created the entire universe
What is the Big Bang?
300
This is what causes the planets to orbit the sun
What is gravity?
300
During our Superposition activity, the oldest layer in our cup was composed of this material.
What is sand?
300
This is the order of celestial bodies during a Lunar Eclipse.
What is Sun, Earth, Moon?
400
This phase comes after a New Moon.
What is a Waxing Crescent?
400
Put the following in order from largest to smallest: galaxies, stars, the universe.
What is the universe, galaxies, stars?
400
Define Gravity
What is the force that pulls towards an objects center?
400
In this diagram, it is the second youngest organism shown.
What are dinosaurs?
400
If we are currently at location 2 shown, we will be in this location in 6 months.
What is location 4?
500
This is the approximate number of days in the lunar cycle
What is 28 days?
500
Finish this statement: The greater an objects mass, the greater its __________.
What is gravity?
500
True or False: The Sun was formed after the planets
What is false?
500
This is the name for fossils found multiple times in a rock layer that are not found in any other layers.
What are index fossils?
500
During the summer, the angle of the Sun is (higher/lower) in the sky.
What is higher?