This is responsible for why we have day and night on Earth.
What is rotation?
100
List the moon phases in the correct order starting with the new moon.
What is new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third (last) quarter, waning crescent.
100
List the planets in order from the sun.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
100
What galaxy do we live in?
What is the Milky Way?
100
How close is the sun to Earth?
What is 93 million miles.
200
Why do we have seasons on Earth?
What is the tilt of the Earth's axis as we revolve around the sun.
200
Draw a lunar eclipse and write what phase the moon is in.
What is full moon.
200
List characteristics of the inner planets.
What is small, dense, rocky surface, few to no moons, no rings, weaker gravitational pull, shorter revolution time because closer to the sun.
200
Name the three types of galaxies.
What is spiral, irregular and elliptical.
200
What is the name of our next closest galaxy?
What is the Andromeda Galaxy.
300
If I say that Venus' day is longer than its year, what does that mean?
What is it takes longer to rotate once on its axis than to revolve once around the sun.
300
Draw a spring tide and write the possible moon phases for a spring tide.
What is full moon and new moon.
300
List characteristics of the outer planets.
What is larger, no solid surface, thick atmosphere, Gas giants, many moons, rings, larger gravitational force, longer year b/c farther from the sun.
300
How many stars are in our galaxy?
What is billions.
300
How far is the next closest star to Earth? (not counting our Sun)
What is 4.2 light years (Proxima Centauri) ?
400
Why do we have a leap year every 4 years?
What is because it actually takes Earth 365.24 days to make one revolution.
400
Draw a solar eclipse and write what phase the moon is in.
What is new moon.
400
What is the difference between a planet and a moon?
What is a planet revolves around a star and a moon revolves around a planet.
400
How many galaxies are there in the universe?
What is billions.
400
What is the distance of a light year?
What is about 6 trillion miles.
500
When is the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere?
What is December 21st.
500
Why do we see only one side of the moon?
What is because it takes the moon the same amount of time to rotate and revolve. A year = a day. Think back to the penny activity (with the Pink Floyd t-shirt).
500
List one specific characteristic about each planet.
What is Mercury-no atmosphere so extreme range of data
Venus-greenhouse effect
Earth-life
Mars-red
Jupiter-largest planet, big storm
Saturn-least dense, most spectacular rings
Uranus-tilted at a 90 degree angle so rotates on its side
Neptune-blue
**There are other acceptable answers. Refer to your notes.
500
Which are closer-the stars we see at night or the stars in the Andromeda Galaxy (our next closest galaxy)?
What is the stars we see at night.
500
Why are Hubble Telescope pictures so clear?
What is Earth's atmosphere blurs visible light causing stars to twinkle. The Hubble Telescope is past Earth's atmosphere.