All Things Sun and Moon
Name three objects that are involved in "Manhattanhenge."
Sun, Earth, buildings, Manhattan, street, etc.
What is a pattern of stars observed by humans called?
Constellation!
What is generated by energy?
Heat.
Where do the zodiac signs get their names?
Astrology! They each have their own constellation.
Name our planets, in order!
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What is the EXACT definition of orbit from our notes?
The motion of the Earth around the Sun.
What is a supernova?
Star go boom! When a star explodes!
What happens if we do not prevent further damage to our ozone layer?
Climate change, global warming, extinction of human life on Earth
Describe the pattern in the sky that your podcast discussed, or a pattern you remember from a different podcast a classmate shared with us.
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What is an exoplanet?
Planets that orbit a star outside of our solar system!
How does the Moon change the tides of our oceans?
What is the Moon's gravitational pull as it moves around us?
What makes up a star?
Hot gas such as hydrogen and helium.
What is compounds are destroying our ozone layer?
Carbon dioxide, methane gas
How has biology influenced calendars over human existence?
Based off of a woman's pregnancy and childbirth timelines
About how long is one light year?
About 66 Earth years
What causes the Moon to appear different colors and not one smooth color? How would Earth protect itself from looking like that?
- Asteroids/meterors
- DART program
How is it possible for a star that died thousands of years ago to still be visible to us here on Earth?
The star was so far away that the light has not yet reached Earth to disappear.
How do we prevent irreversible damage to our ozone layer?
Eliminate emissions into our atmosphere at a pace fast enough to keep climate change from causing too much damage.
Why do we have a leap year every 4 years?
Earth orbits the sun in 365.25 days
What is a black hole?
Huge concentrations of matter in very tiny spaces where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape.
What 3 things give us seasons here on Earth?
1. Sun's light angle created by Earth's tilt
2. Atmosphere
3. Earth's rotation/orbit around the Sun
Approximately, how many stars are in our universe?
1 sextillion
Explain how the AI computer servers are an analogy for Earth and our ozone layer.
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Explain how digging holes in the ground helped the Scotts of 8000 BC track the Moon cycles. What was a possible benefit at this point of history?
Approximately, how many galaxies are there in our observable universe?
2 trillion