Day & Night
Earth's Tilt
Our place in space
Our place in space 2
Wild Card
100
What is another word for the Earth spinning on its axis?
Rotation
100
The elliptical path the Earth takes to travel around the Sun.
Orbit or revolution
100
What galaxy to we reside in?
The milky way
100
Earth is part of this group of planets (Hint: not gas giants)
Inner planets, rocky planets, or terrestrial planets
100
Name the planets in order from closest to the Sun to farthest. You have 15 seconds, only get one chance, and cannot correct any mistakes.
Mercury, Venus Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
200
The direction that the earth rotates
Counter-clockwise (objects appear to move east to west)
200
At these times of year (Seasons) the sunlight shines equally on the northern and southern hemispheres.
Spring and Fall
200
Name TWO reasons a star might look brighter than another star when looking at the sky on a clear night on Earth.
1) Distance (it's closer)
2) Actual brightness/luminosity (it gives off more light)
200
This barrier of icy rock and dust separates the terrestrial planets from the gas giants.
Asteroid belt
200
Number of stars in our solar system
One: the SUN
300
The length of time that it takes Earth to rotate.
24 hours about 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night.
300
In Washington State, what do we call it when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun for part of the year?
Summer
300
What is the most massive planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
300
What is the only other planet in our solar system that we believe could/could have sustained life?
Mars
300
What pasta-themed phenomenon is theorized to happen if you get sucked into a black hole?
Spaghettification
400
What phase of the moon is shown here? 
New Moon
400
This part of the Earth gets the most direct light from the sun and has the least variation in daylight hours. It is also the region of the world with the most rainforests.
The Equator
400
The terms used to describe the moon when it appears to grow bigger and when it appears to get smaller.
Waxing is growing and waning is shrinking
400
How many planets are in our solar system? Include Earth
8
400
What famous comet will make another pass of Earth in the year 2061?
Halley's Comet
500
Explain why the moon appears to change shape over the course of a month.
As the moon orbits the Earth throughout the month, we see it reflect the sun's light from different angles.
500
Name at least TWO things that change throughout the year in relation to the Earth's revolution around the sun and our tilted orbit.
1. Length of day and night
2. Seasons
3. Star patterns
500
The Earth's rotation is the reason we have this.
What is day and night?
500
The relationship between a meteoroid, a meteor and a meteorite.
Meteoroid is floating in space, the meteor is traveling through Earth's atmosphere and a meteorite has made it to the surface (land).
500
Name a dwarf planet other than Pluto.
Eris, Makemake, Haumea, Ceres, Gonggong