This phase falls between a full moon and third quarter.
What is waning gibbous?
100
All telescopes gather these.
What are electromagnetic waves or radiation?
100
This causes tides.
What is the moon's and Sun's gravitational pull?
200
If it is summer in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?
What is winter?
200
This is the cause of an eclipse.
What is the moon's revolution around the Earth as it casts shadows or falls in shadows?
200
The Sun shines on this percent of the moon at all times.
What is 50%?
200
These are the two types of objects that orbit a larger object.
What are artificial and natural satellites?
200
In the arrangement of the universe from smallest to largest, this structure fits between solar system and universe.
What is galaxy?
300
This is the term for when the daylight is equal in both hemipheres.
What is equinoxes?
300
This is the lighter shadow in an eclipse.
What is a penumbra?
300
This is a moon phase that shows 50% of the moon.
What is a full moon?
300
The telescope that gathers electromagnetic radiation, can be used 24 hours a day, and is not effected by weather.
What is a radio telescope?
300
This is the force that keeps everything in regular predictable motions in our solar system
What is gravity?
400
In Cape Town, South Africa in the southern hemiphere what would be the conditions on December 25th?
What is summer?
400
A full moon is in the same position as this eclipse.
What is a lunar eclipse?
400
The moon waxes and wanes in our night sky because of this
What is the moon's position in it's orbiut around the Earth?
400
This is the main difference between a space station and a space shuttle.
What is a space station allows astronauts to live and work for a long period of time and a space shuttle transports astronauts and supplies for a short period of time?
400
Neil Armstrong
Who was the 1st man to step on the moon?
500
If Earth's tilt went from 23 1/2 degrees to 90 degrees, what would happen to the season?
What is winter and summer would be more extreme, spring and fall would stay the same?
500
The Moon's umbra passes over a location on the Earth.
What is total solar eclipse?
500
This is the two main causes of the Moon gradually changing shape from week to week.
What is the Sun's reflection and the Moon's orbit around the Earth?
500
This is the main difference between a fly by and an orbiter.
What is a fly by travels past several planets giving us a quick snapshot while an orbiter can study one planet for a longer period of time giving detailed information allowing us to map planet surfaces.