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Earth's Galaxy
Rotation
Seasons
Fission vs Fusion
Mixin' It Up
100
Earth is located in this galaxy.
What is the Milky Way?
100
When the Earth tilts towards the sun, what type of season do you get?
What is warmer seasons?
100
The sun produces energy by a process known as
What is nuclear fusion?
100
The idea that the sun is the center of our universe
What is heliocentric?
200
This is found in the very center of our galaxy.
What is a supermassive black hole?
200
When the Earth tilts away from the sun, what type of season do you get?
What are cooler seasons?
200
Splitting of one large atom into two smaller atoms
What is fission?
200
Point in a planet's orbit where it is closest to the sun.
What is perihelion?
300
The study of objects beyond Earth's atmosphere.
What is astronomy?
300
What is a solar day?
What is the amount of time for the Earth to spin one time on its axis. Gives day and night.
300
When it is summer in the northern hemisphere, what season does the southern hemisphere have?
What is winter?
300
Two or more atoms that fuse into one atom.
What is fusion?
300
The idea that the Earth is the center of the universe
What is geocentric?
400
The space between the galaxies is currently
What is expanding?
400
The Earth spins on its...
What is axis?
400
When it is winter in the southern hemisphere, what season does the norther hemisphere have?
What is summer?
400
The part of the sun where energy is produced.
What is the core?
400
The point between two objects where they balance each other out.
What is barycenter?
500
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
What is barred spiral?
500
How many hours, minutes, and seconds does a sidereal day have?
What is 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.1 seconds?
500
What is the reason for the change of the seasons?
What is the tilt of the Earth on its axis?
500
What is the mathematical formula for the production of energy found in the sun?
What is E=mc2?
500
Wobble in Earth's rotational axis
What is precession?