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200

A __________ occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth

solar eclipse

200

What is the separation between the inner and outer planets called?

the asteroid belt.

200

Who was Yuri Gargarin?

The first human in space

200

The Milky Way Galaxy.

200

What term describes when more of the moon is being illuminated?

Waxing

200

What is the hottest planet in the solar system?

Venus

400

What do we call spinning of the Earth around the Sun?

Revolution

400

What planet is being shown?


Uranus.

400

How long does a rotation of the earth around it's axis take?

about 24 hours

400

What are the 3 main types of Galaxies?

Spiral

Elliptical 

Irregular 

400

What is it called when an object is spinning around on its axis? 

Rotation 

400

The gravitational pull of the moon on Earth's oceans result in...

tides

600

Earth's natural satellite?

The moon 

600

What planet in our solar system is named after the Roman king of the gods?

Jupiter

600

What planet are we trying to travel to and set up colonies on?

Mars

600

What is a cloud of gas and dust where stars form?

Nebula

600

Write the following using scientific notation

0.0000000000000000000005278

5.278x10^-22

600

One revolution on Earth is how long?

 365 days

800

What phase of the moon is shown here?

New Moon

800

This planet spins on its side, because it's axis is heavily tilted. 

Uranus 

800

What is the name for the path that a planet takes around the Sun? 

Orbit

800

What is the name of this diagram?


Hurtzsprung-Russel

800

What Civil War battle allowed the Union to gain control of the Mississippi?

Vicksburg

800

Why do we only see that one side of the moon?

Tidal locking (the moon's rotation and revolution are the same length of time)

1000

What causes the Earth to have four seasons?

Seasons are the result of the tilt of the Earth's axis.

1000

Venus is similar in size to Earth. It has a similar topography as well. Why can we not live on Venus?

Greenhouse gas atmosphere.

Rains acid.

Very high temperatures.

1000

There were 3 astronauts on the Apollo 11 moon landing mission. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface. Who was the third member of the crew?

Michael Collins

1000

What states that everything began with a singularity and expanded outward from there?

The Big Bang Theory

1000

What celestial event is happening this Friday 3/14/25?

Lunar eclipse

1000

All comets originate in the....

a. Thermal Belt 

b. Solar Belt

c. Oort Cloud 

c. Oort Cloud