Astronomy
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Q: Name the moon phase
Transcript of Astronomy
Q: Name the moon phase
A: Full moon
Q: Name the moon phase
A: Waxing crescent
Q: Name the moon phase
A: Waning Gibbous
Q: Name the moon phase
A: First quarter
Q: Name the moon phase
A: Waning crescent
Q: Name the moon phase
A: Third quarter
Q: Name the moon phase
A: New moon
Q: Name the moon phase
A: Waxing gibbous
Q: The motion of the earth around the sun.
A: Earth revolves around the sun.
Q: The motion of the earth on its axis.
A: Earth rotates on its axis.
Q: What is the angle of earth’s tilt on its axis?
A: 23.5º
Q: What star does earth’s axis always point to?
A: Polaris, the North Star
Q: 0º latitude
A: the equator
Q: Name the 4 seasons on earth in order.
A: winter, spring, summer, fall (autumn)
Q: The shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.
Earth is tilted away from the sun.
A: Winter solstice
Q: The longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.
Earth is tilted toward the sun.
A: Summer solstice
Q: When the days and nights are equal in length.
A: Spring / Fall Equinox
Q: Horizontal lines that divide the earth by degrees
north and south.
A: Lines of Latitude
Q: Vertical lines that divide the earth by degrees
east and west.
A: Lines of Longitude
Q: The period of time for one rotation of the earth.
A: One day or 24 hours.
Q: The period of time for one revolution of the earth.
A: One year, 12 months or 365 ¼ days.
Q: What our sun may become after it consumes all of its fuel
(dies).
A: White Dwarf / Black Dwarf
Q: A type of star that is hotter and larger than our Sun that will go
supernova.
A: Red Supergiant
Q: Everything we perceive to exist.
A: The universe
Q: A collection of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.
A: Galaxyours is the Milky Way
Q: A star and all of the planets in its orbit.
A: Solar system
Q: Name the inner planets in our solar system.
A: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Q: Name the outer planets in our solar system.
A: Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
Q: An object in space that is too small to clear its area of debris.
A: Dwarf planet
Q: Object made of ice and dust that revolves around the sun.
A: Comet
Q: When a meteoroid enters earth’s atmosphere it burns up
and becomes a…
A: Meteor
Q: When a meteor hits the earth it becomes a…
A: Meteorite
Q: Object made of rock and metals that revolves around the
sun.
A: Asteroid
Q: What we call meteors as they are burning up in earth’s
atmosphere.
A: Shooting stars
Q: The hole left when a meteorite hits a planet or moon.
A: Crater
Q: What do we call the layers of air that surround the Earth?
A: Earth’s Atmosphere
Q: An object in space that produces energy through
nuclear fusion.
A: Star
Q: Large object in space that produces no energy and revolves around a star.
A: Planet
Q: A pattern of stars in the night sky.
A: Constellation
Q: The yellow, medium-size star at the center of our solar
system.
A: Our Sun
Q: Enormous explosion when a red supergiant star dies.
A: Supernova
Q: Swirling mass of dust where stars are born.
A: Nebula
Q: Name the 4 layers of the sun’s atmosphere.
A: Corona, chromosphere, photosphere, core
Q: When the moon blocks out the sun’s rays from a part of the
earth during a new moon.
A: Solar Eclipse
Q: When the earth blocks the sun’s rays during a full moon.
A: Lunar Eclipse
Q: Tides during the full moon or new moon.
A: Spring tides
Q: Tide during First Quarter or Third Quarter Moons
A: Neap Tide
