Stars
Movement
Planets
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Anything In The Universe
100
What is the name of the north star?
Polaris
100
How much time passes between high tides?
12 hours
100
Which planet has the shortest revolution?
Mercury
100
What does this picture show?
The earth's tilt during the different seasons.
100
Which moon phase is necessary to potentially view a lunar eclipse?
Full Moon
200
Most stars fall into what category?
Main Sequence
200
What do we call Earth's one natural satellite of a planet?
The Moon
200
Which planet do we use rovers to explore?
Mars
200
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a galaxy
200
What occurs in the core of the sun?
nuclear fusion
300
A low mass star eventually becomes a __________ _________.
White Dwarf
300
What do we call the force of attraction between objects due to their masses?
Gravity
300
Which planet is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
300
This is
a Constellation
300
What do you call a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems held together by gravity?
Galaxy
400
What do you call a giant cloud of dust and gas in space which can lead to the formation of a new star?
Nebula
400
The moon's shadow falling on Earth causes a ________ ________.
Solar Eclipse
400
Which planet do we call Earth's "evil" twin?
Venus
400
This is
The Milky Way
400
What is the name of the explosion that began the universe?
The Big Bang
500
A supermassive black hole is formed by what?
The death of a very large star.
500
What is Earth's annual/yearly motion around the sun called?
Revolution
500
Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus are the __________ __________ of the solar system.
gas giants
500
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aurora, northern lights
500
An astronomical unit (AU) is a measurement is the distance between what 2 objects?
Sun and Earth