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100

During a waxing moon phase, light is on the. (right or left)

Light on the Right!

100

Name Smallest to Largest - 

Universe

Earth 

Solar System 

Galaxy

Small 

Earth

Solar System 

Galaxy

Universe

100

What page of the Earth Science Reference Table do you find information about stars?

Page 15 - Characteristics of Stars 

100

What page and chart can you gain information about the Solar System from the ESRT?

Page 15 - Solar System Data Chart

100

During this season the earth is revolving around the sun fastest.

Winter 

200

Name this moon phase (full, quarter, crescent, gibbous) 

Waning Gibbous

200

The Big Bang is theorized to have happened how long ago?

15 - 20 billion years ago

200

The Sun is classified as what type of star? 

Main Sequence 

200

What is the approximate earths rotation in degrees around sun per day? 

365/360 = about 1A day 

200

The best way to describe the Milky Way Galaxy shape 

Spiral 

300

At what position will diagram 2 be located? 

Location B

300

Which picture represents the size of Earth vs Venus (hint use page 15 in ESRT)

Picture 2 

Earth is smaller than Venus (page 15 ESRT Solar System Data Equatorial Diameter column)

300

As temperature increases in the main sequence, luminosity will  

Increase

300

This planet is the furthest planet in our solar system from the sun.

Neptune 
300

If a ellipse has a difference in 4cm between foci and a major axis of 14 cm. What is the Eccentricity? (round to the thousands) 

0.286

400

Draw what moon phase you would see if the moon was at location A

400
The Universe is expanding, what evidence do astronomers us to prove this?

Red shifting colors

400

Name a star that is between 20,000K and 30,000K with a luminosity between 10,000 and 100,000

Spica

400

What is distance range for this asteroid belt in million of miles from the sun? (use page 15 in ESRT to help)

227.9 and 778.4 million miles from the sun. 

400

An eccentricity was calculated to be .976, is this more elliptical or circular? 

More elliptical

500

The same side of the moon is always facing the earth because. Why we never see "the darkside" of the moon.

Period of revolution is = to period of rotation

(moon rotates once on its axis as it completes one revolution around the earth)

500

Earth is located in which galaxy?

The Milky Way Galaxy

500

List these stars from the color red - blue 

Sun 

Spica

Barnard's Star

Rigel

Red 

Barnard's Star

Sun

Rigel 

Spica

Blue

500

Name the largest Jovian Planet in our solar system.

Jupiter 

500

This position of the Earth, Moon, and Sun will cause the highest high tides and the lowest low tides. 

Picture 2