Astronomy

AstronomyEquinoxes

Solstices Moon Gravity Hodge Podge

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Astronomy for 100Astronomy for 100

• Which 2 elements make up the sun?

• Answer: Hydrogen and Helium

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• What causes the seasons?

• Answer: The tilt of Earth

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• It takes the earth 24 hours to complete a _____.

• Answer: rotation

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• It takes the earth 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes 46 sec. to complete a ____.

• Answer: Revolution

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• How do traditional Chinese and Hebrew calendars differ from the Gregorian calendar?

• Answer: Their months are based on the cycles of the moon

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• What happens when it’s fall in the Southern Hemisphere?

• Answer: It’s spring in the Northern Hemisphere

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• In Russia, what day has the least sunlight?

• Answer: Winter Solstice

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• What causes summer days to be hotter than winter days?

• Answer: The hemisphere experiencing summer is tilted more directly toward the

sun

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• In Chile (southern hemisphere), what day falls closest to Passover (March/April)?

• Answer: Autumnal Equinox

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• Where and when would you find almost 24 hours of darkness?

• Answer: The south pole in winter

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Moon for 100Moon for 100

• Why does the moon appear to shine?

• Answer: It reflects sunlight

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Moon for 200Moon for 200

• How much of the moon is lit during a new moon?

• Answer: 50%

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Moon for 300Moon for 300

• What would you weigh if you weighed yourself on the moon?

• Answer: 1/6 of your weight

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Moon for 400Moon for 400

• Which of the following are equal?• A) A day on the moon• B) A year on the moon• C) A day on Earth• D) A year on Earth

• Answer: A and B

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Moon for 500Moon for 500

• If the sun is bigger than the moon, why does the moon have a greater effect on the tides?

• Answer: Moon is closer to Earth than the sun.

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Gravity for 100Gravity for 100

• What is gravity?

• Answer: a type of force

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Gravity for 200Gravity for 200

• Gravity depends on ____ and distance.

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• Answer: Mass

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Gravity for 300Gravity for 300• Which of these would have the strongest

gravitational pull?• A) a large, dense star• B) a medium sized planet• C) a small moon• D) an asteroid

• Answer: A

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Gravity for 400Gravity for 400

• If Earth’s orbit moved further from the sun, the sun’s gravitational pull on Earth would ______.

• Answer: decrease

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Gravity for 500Gravity for 500

• Why don’t you notice your own gravitational pull on the earth?

• Answer: The earth is so much more massive than you

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• Forces on Earth are ____ from those elsewhere in the universe.

• Answer: the same

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• An equinox occurs on the ____ days in both hemispheres.

• Answer: same

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• What might happen if the moon were only half as large as it is now?

• Answer: Tides would rise and fall less dramatically

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• After the winter solstice, the days get ___.

• Answer: longer

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• During a solar eclipse, who can see it?

• Answer: Anyone in the moon’s shadow

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