Earth, Sun, and Moon
Planets!
Our Place in Space
Stars
Wild Card
Miscellaneous
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