Question 1

What causes seasons on Earth?

Accepted Answer

The tilt of the Earth on it's axis and its orbit around the Sun.

Question 2

At what degree is the Earth tilted?

Accepted Answer

23.5 degrees

Question 3

Occurs at a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun

Accepted Answer

lunar eclipse

Question 4

What path does an object follow when it is in orbit in space?

Accepted Answer

An elliptical path

Question 5

What celestial objects orbit the Sun?

Accepted Answer

planets

Question 6

What celestial object orbits our Earth?

Accepted Answer

The Moon

Question 7

The Sun's rays hit this region with the most intensity year round.

Accepted Answer

equator

Question 8

What influences the temperature you feel on Earth?

Accepted Answer

The angle of the Sun's rays.

Question 9

What season is it when the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is tilted toward the Sun?

Accepted Answer

summer

Question 10

When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is ________ in the Southern Hemisphere.

Accepted Answer

winter

Question 11

Are the poles (North and South Pole) warmer or colder than the equator?

Accepted Answer

colder

Question 12

When the Earth rotates once on its axis, how long is this?

Accepted Answer

day

Question 13

When the Moon completes the phases from New Moon to New Moon, how long is this?

Accepted Answer

month

Question 14

When the Earth orbits once around the Sun, how long is this?

Accepted Answer

year

Question 15

What astronomers use to represent the distance of the stars?

Accepted Answer

light years

Question 16

What are scaled models used for?

Accepted Answer

To represent the size and distance of objects.

Question 17

What is the abbreviation for astronomical units?

Accepted Answer

AU

Question 18

What is the distance of an astronomical unit?

Accepted Answer

149,600,000 kilometers

Question 19

An astronomical unit is the distance between what two celestial objects?

Accepted Answer

The Sun and The Earth

Question 20

What is the best definition of orbit?

Accepted Answer

A curved path of an object around a star, planet or moon

Question 21

What do tides depend on?

Accepted Answer

The moon's gravitational pull.

Question 22

What is the umbra of a shadow?

Accepted Answer

The darkest part of the shadow.

Question 23

What is the penumbra of a shadow?

Accepted Answer

The lighter, fuzzier area outside of the umbra.

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