Northern Lights
What is the "aurora australis"?
The Southern Lights
What is a solar eclipse?
A solar eclipse is a eclipse when which the moon covers the sunlight seen on earth.
What is the most common auroral colour?
Green
It takes roughly this many days for the Earth to orbit around the sun.
What is 365.
Which phase comes after the Full Moon?
Waning Gibbous
This is the other name for the Northern Lights
Aurora Borealis
What is a lunar eclipse?
A lunar eclipse is when the moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the moon to be darkened
Define: Astronomical Phenomenon
An Astronomical Phenomenon is a rare or significant facts or event observed in space.
Farmers harvest their crops in this season.
Fall.
Tides are caused by this type of force.
Gravitational
How are colours of the aurora created?
Solar wind particles react with Earth's atmospheric atoms.
What is a Partial Solar Eclipse?
A Partial Solar Eclipse happens when the moon does not completely cover the sun. The sun looks like the moon has taken a bite out of it.
What is the shortest day of the year?
The Winter Solstice
There are this many seasons in the year
Four
There are this many different phases of the moon.
8.
When the northern lights shine the brightest?
In Winter
What colour does the Moon appear to look on Earth during a Lunar eclipse?
A coppery/brownish-red.
As Earth orbits the sun, the amount of ___________ changes.
Daylight
We experience seasons because Earth is __________ around the sun.
What is orbiting.
What phase occurs when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun?
New Moon
Why do auroral displays only happen at the North and South poles?
Solar winds travelling toward the Earth become influenced by, and follow, the lines of magnetic force created by Earth’s magnetic field, that lead to both the North and South poles.
Describe the alignment of Earth, Sun and Moon during a lunar eclipse.
Sun-Earth-Moon
This type of animal is active during the night and sleeps during the day.
Nocturnal.
This is the official start of summer and the longest day of the year.
Summer Solstice.
How long does it take for the Moon to complete its orbit around Earth?
About 29.5 days