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Space Junk. Stars. Days/years/ seasons. Moon/tides/ Eclipses. Pot Luck. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. 500. 500. 500. 500. 500. 100. This piece of space junk orbits between Mars and Jupiter. 100a.
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100 This piece of space junk orbits between Mars and Jupiter.
100a Asteroids http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/asteroids.html
200 This type of space junk has a highly elliptical path.
200a Comets http://www.astro.washington.edu/larson/Astro150b/Lectures/Comets/comets.html
300 This type of space junk does not burn up in our atmosphere.
65 million years ago a disaster happened, although we are not sure of the cause. All the dinosaurs and many other groups of animals and plants became extinct around this time. The most popular theory is that a mountain-sized meteorite hit the Earth, throwing up a thick cloud of dust and causing tidal waves and global forest fires. The dust hid the Sun. This might have killed many plants, which need light to live. It might also have cooled the Earth and so killed the dinosaurs which, being unable to keep themselves warm, might have stopped moving and so starved. 300a Meteorite (It impacts the Earth.) http://www.historyoftheuniverse.com/meteorit.html
400 This type of space junk can be composed of rock, metal, or both.
400a Asteroids http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/images/eros/orbits.gif
500 This type of space junk is composed of frozen gas and dust AND may orbit in the Oort Cloud or Kuiper Belt.
500a Comets http://www.solstation.com/stars/kuiper.htm
100 Star’s that are this color have a cooler temperature.
100a Red http://www.profjohn.com/courses/ast1004/hrdiag/hrdiag.htm
200 Stars begin their life in a stellar nursery called ________
200a Nebula http://www.enchantedlearning.com/sgifs/Starlifecycle.GIF
300 Small Stars like our sun end their life as a _________ then a _________.
300a White dwarf then black dwarf http://www.geol.vt.edu/vesr/es/astr/star/star.html
400 How long a star lives depends on
400a The original mass of the star. http://www.seasky.org/cosmic/sky7a01.html
500 The largest type stars will end their life as
500a Black Holes http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/groups/hotstar/research.html
100 The Earth moves from daylight to darkness once every day due to fact that it is
100a Rotating http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/wbkids/k_dayandnight.html
200 The Earth will make one trip around the sun each year. This movement is called
200a Revolution Earth is farthest from the Sun at its aphelion (summer in the Northern Hemisphere) and closest during its perihelion (winter in the Northern Hemisphere). http://www.mhhe.com/earthsci/geology/mcconnell/earths_climate/intro.htm
300 In which direction do both the Earth and Moon rotate and revolve
300a Counter-clockwise http://www.brocktonpublicschools.com/schools/high/planetarium/activities/phases/phases4.html
400 In the spring and fall the sun is directly over _______
400a The equator. It is overhead at the equator during the Spring and Fall equinoxes. The Sun is overhead at the Tropic of Cancer on June 21. This is the furthest north that the strongest rays will travel. It is overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn on December 21. http://www.mhhe.com/earthsci/geology/mcconnell/earths_climate/intro.htm
500 The three reasons for the seasons are
500a The tilt of the Earth, revolution around the sun, direct/indirect light that reaches Earth’s surface. ***Notice how the location of the most direct rays change as the Earth revolves around the sun. http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/spacesciences/observingsky/motion3.htm
100 What conditions are necessary for a spring tide to occur?
100a The positioning of the sun and the moon also has an effect on the height of the tidal swell. During a new or full moon phase, the sun and moon are in line, pulling on the earth's surface. This creates a higher level of tide - called the "spring tides" from the Welsh word "springan" meaning 'to bulge'. http://www.thehopewellrocks.ca/english/fundytides2.htm
200 What percentage of the moon is always illuminated?
200a 50% http://www.amastro.org/at/mo/mopo.html
300 The image is a model of ?? http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/eclipses.html
300a Solar Eclipse. A solar eclipse can occur when there is a new moon. This does not occur every month because the moon's orbital plane doesn't "lie flat" along the ecliptic, but forms an angle of about 5º as you can see in this diagram (note: the distances in this diagram are not to scale). http://www.ap.stmarys.ca/demos/content/astronomy/lunar_eclipse/lunar_eclipse.html
400 This image is an example of ???? http://www.coldwater.k12.mi.us/lms/planetarium/guide/moon.html#wax%20cres
400a A waning crescent moon http://www.bellatrixobservatory.org/moon.jpg
500 The phases of the moon are due to ________
500a The position of the Earth, Sun, and Moon. **Light on right, moon is getting bright. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/StarChild/icons/moon_from_earth.gif
100 The unit of measurement that scientists use to measure distances in space.
The closest star to the earth, not counting our own sun, is Alpha Centauri. This star, our solar system's closest stellar neighbor is 4.3 light years away from the earth! This means that the closest star to the earth (besides the sun) is >>>> 23,462,784,000,000 miles away from us! 100a Light years Distances in space are huge and if we used miles or kilometers our data (numbers) would be huge. One light year is equal to an extremely long distance - 5,865,696,000,000 miles to be exact! http://www.rlrouse.com/astronomy/light-year.html
200 Galaxies are classified by ??
200a Their shape. The Milky Way Galaxy is a spiral galaxy. http://www.ncsu.edu/project/agronauts/mission1_2.htm
300 Billions of stars clustered together are called???
300a Galaxies This is a picture of an irregular galaxy. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/ngc6822.html
400 What two forces keep our planets in orbit around the sun?
400a Gravity and Inertia (sideways motion in image). http://www.ncsu.edu/project/agronauts/mission1_2.htm
500 Why can Hubble take clearer pictures that Earth based telescopes?