A __________ occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth
solar eclipse
What is the separation between the inner and outer planets called?
the asteroid belt.
Who was Yuri Gargarin?
The first human in space
The Milky Way Galaxy.
What term describes when more of the moon is being illuminated?
Waxing
What is the hottest planet in the solar system?
Venus
What do we call spinning of the Earth around the Sun?
Revolution
How long does a rotation of the earth around it's axis take?
about 24 hours
What are the 3 main types of Galaxies?
Spiral
Elliptical
Irregular
What is it called when an object is spinning around on its axis?
Rotation
The gravitational pull of the moon on Earth's oceans result in...
tides
Earth's natural satellite?
The moon
What planet in our solar system is named after the Roman king of the gods?
Jupiter
What planet are we trying to travel to and set up colonies on?
Mars
What is a cloud of gas and dust where stars form?
Nebula
Write the following using scientific notation
0.0000000000000000000005278
5.278x10^-22
One revolution on Earth is how long?
365 days
What phase of the moon is shown here?
New Moon
This planet spins on its side, because it's axis is heavily tilted.
Uranus
What is the name for the path that a planet takes around the Sun?
Orbit
What is the name of this diagram?
Hurtzsprung-Russel
What Civil War battle allowed the Union to gain control of the Mississippi?
Vicksburg
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)
What causes the Earth to have four seasons?
Seasons are the result of the tilt of the Earth's axis.
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.
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
What states that everything began with a singularity and expanded outward from there?
The Big Bang Theory
What celestial event is happening this Friday 3/14/25?
Lunar eclipse
All comets originate in the....
a. Thermal Belt
b. Solar Belt
c. Oort Cloud
c. Oort Cloud