Science Basics
The meaning of CONPTT.
What is Consistent, Observable, Natural, Predictable, Testable, and Tentative.
The branch of science dealing with celestial objects and space.
What is astronomy.
Earth’s axis of rotation tilt.
What is 23.5°.
A huge collection of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter bound by gravity.
What is a galaxy.
When the Moon is between the Sun and Earth.
What is a solar eclipse.
Science that conforms to most criteria but lacks full information.
What is emerging science.
The order of the planets starting from the Sun.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
The difference between rotation and revolution.
What is Rotation = spinning on axis; Revolution = orbit around the Sun.
A large cloud of gas and dust in space.
What is a nebula.
When Earth is between the Sun and Moon.
What is a lunar eclipse.
Claims like sasquatch, that pretend to be scientific but are not.
What is Pseudoscience
Phrase helps you remember the planets in order.
What is My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos.
The coordinates that describe a star’s position in the sky.
What is altitude and azimuth.
The difference between an asteroid and a meteoroid.
What is Asteroid = larger, in orbit; Meteoroid = smaller rock in space.
The terrestrial planets.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
The difference between inductive and deductive inference.
What is inductive is specific to general, and deductive is general to specific.
The closest neighbor star to us (other than the Sun).
What is Proxima Centauri.
Causes the seasons.
The difference between a meteor and a meteorite.
What is Meteor = burns in atmosphere; Meteorite = lands on Earth.
The gas giants.
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Type of study that doesn’t conform to CONPTT because it deals with morals/ethics.
What is nonscience.
Objects circling Polaris at 15° per hour.
Daily (diurnal) motion in the night sky.
Number of moon phases.
A ball of ice, dust, and rock with a tail when near the Sun.
What is a comet.
When a planet appears to move backwards compared to the stars.
What is retrograde motion.