Ancient Astronomers Earth Moon and Sun Planets and

Ancient Astronomers Earth, Moon, and Sun Planets and Our Solar System Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe Random Reasons for the Seasons 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500

v. A theory stating that the Earth is the center of the universe, commonly believed to be true for hundreds of years. Ancient Astronomers 100 pts.

v. This ancient astronomer found evidence supporting the Heliocentric theory when he pointed a telescope at the sky and saw four moons orbiting Jupiter. Ancient Astronomers 200 pts.

v. Copernicus’s theory was not accepted when he proposed it because he placed the Sun where in his model? Ancient Astronomers 300 pts.

v. This man determined that the orbit of planets is the shape of an ellipse, NOT a perfect circle. Ancient Astronomers 400 pts.

v. This ancient astronomer created a geocentric model of our solar system that supported the current thinking of the time. Ancient Astronomers 500 pts.

Geocentric Theory 100 pts.

Galileo 200 pts.

the center of the universe 300 pts.

Kepler 400 pts.

Ptolemy 500 pts.

• What is the main cause of the ocean tides? Earth, Moon, and Sun 100 pts.

• What happens during a total solar eclipse? Earth, Moon, and Sun 200 pts.

• What causes the Earth’s seasons? Earth, Moon, and Sun 300 pts.

• What is the current origin about theory of the Moon? Earth, Moon, and Sun 400 pts.

• What causes us to see the phases of the Moon? Earth, Moon, and Sun 500 pts.

the gravitational pull of the Moon 100 pts.

the Moon completely covers the Sun 200 pts.

the tilt of the Earth’s axis 300 pts.

A large body struck the Earth, and part of the Earth and the large body formed the Moon 400 pts.

The relative positions of the Earth, Sun, and Moon. 500 pts.

• What is the order of the Planets, including Pluto? Planets and Our Solar System 100 pts.

• What three characteristics best describe the inner planets? Planets and Our Solar System 200 pts.

• What is located between the orbit of Mars and Jupiter? Planets and Our Solar System 300 pts.

• What is a Meteoroid, Meteor, and Meteorite? Planets and Our Solar System 400 pts.

• How does the speed of a planet’s revolution around the Sun change as it gets farther from the Sun? Planets and Our Solar System 500 pts.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto 100 pts.

Small, Dense, and Rocky. 200 pts.

the Asteroid Belt 300 pts.

Meteoroid- “mini asteroid, ” small pieces of rock traveling through space. Meteor- “meteor shower, ” bright streak of light across the sky Meteorite- “can hold it ‘RITE’ in your hand, ” meteoroid that hits the ground 400 pts.

The closer a planet is to the Sun, the faster it moves around the Sun. 500 pts.

• What is the only star in our solar system? Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe 100 pts.

• What are three main types of galaxies? Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe 200 pts.

• What binds or holds a Galaxy together? What about a Star? A Planet? Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe 300 pts.

• What did Hubble tell us about our universe? Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe 400 pts.

• What kind of galaxy do we believe the Milky Way is? Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe 500 pts.

The Sun 100 pts.

Spiral, Elliptical, and Irregular 200 pts.

Gravity! 300 pts.

400 pts. it’s expanding!

a Spiral Galaxy 500 pts.

Random- 100 pts. • How long does it take the Moon to go through all of its phases?

Random- 200 pts. • Where is the Kuiper Belt found?

Random- 300 pts. • Why doesn’t earth get hit with meteorites very often?

Random- 400 pts. • What do we call it when the lit portion of the moon seems to be increasing over a period of several days?

Random- 500 pts. • What phase of the Moon is shown here?

29. 5 days, about a month 100 pts.

Past the orbit of Neptune 200 pts.

Earth’s atmosphere causes them to break up before they hit the ground! 300 pts.

waxing. 400 pts.

• Waning Crescent 500 pts.

Reasons for the Seasons- 100 pts. • What is the tilt of Earth’s axis?

Reasons for the Seasons- 200 pts. • What is the cause of Earth’s seasons?

Reasons for the Seasons- 300 pts. • Which would be hotter if you were standing in it- direct of indirect light?

Reasons for the Seasons- 400 pts. • When the north pole is tipped toward the sun, which season are we in (in the northern hemisphere? )

Reasons for the Seasons- 500 pts. • Explain how a tipped axis is the cause of the seasons.

23. 5ᵒ 100 pts.

a tilted axis. 200 pts.

direct light is hotter (it’s more concentrated energy/heat) 300 pts.

Summer 400 pts.

A tipped axis means that different parts of the earth’s surface receive direct or indirect light at different times of the year. Sometimes, w are tipped toward the sun and so we experience summer, other times we are tipped away from the sun and it’s winter. 500 pts.