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Seasons
Tides
Moon
Phases
Stars
100
These are a result of a combination of the tilt of the Earth's axis and it's orbit around the sun.
What are seasons?
100
The difference between the high tide and low tide.
What is tidal range?
100
The first man on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
100
We see this when the lit side of the Moon is facing directly away from Earth.
What is a New Moon?
100
The term used to describe a stars brightness if set a standard distance from Earth.
What is luminosity?
200
Twice a year when the daytime is equal in length to the nighttime, this occurs March 21st and September 21st.
What is spring/fall equinox?
200
The force that causes the rising and falling of the tides.
What is the gravitational pull of the Moon?
200
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Who is Galileo?
200
When the darkened portion of the moons surface, as it appears from Earth, is getting bigger.
What is waning?
200
These stars will become white dwarfs when they continue dying.
What are red giants?
300
Seen from outer space, the northern hemisphere would appear to be leaning more towards the sun at this time of year.
What is summer?
300
You would experience these tides on the sides of the earth perpendicular to the moon.
What are low tides?
300
The side of the moon we never get to see from earth as a result of the moons synchronous rotation.
What is the "dark side of the moon"?
300
The time period marked in length by the cycle of the phases of the Moon.
What is a month?
300
Where stars are born, in these celestial clouds of gas and dust.
What are nebulas?
400
These Latin derived terms describe the two times of year marked by the most mild-tempered climate.
What are vernal and autumnal?
400
When the earth/moon/sun line up you experience these types of tides, the largest tides possible.
What are spring tides?
400
This line on the moon separates the lightened and the darkened parts of the moon.
What is the terminator?
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What is the Moons penumbra?
400
Light can cycle in this part of the star for up to 100,000 years.
What is the radiation zone?
500
In this region there is 24 hours of sunlight on June 21st.
What is the arctic circle?
500
We observe the greatest tidal range on Earth at this location.
What is the Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick, Canada?
500
The Moons period or rotation matches its period of revolution 1:1.
What is synchronous rotation?
500
When the Moon is waxing and half it's surface, as it appears from Earth, is lit.
What is first quarter?
500
These two gentlemen categorized stars using the same graph with their namesake.
Who are Hertzsprung and Russell?