Big Idea 5: Earth in Space & Time

Question 1

Which type of tide is occurring?

Accepted Answer

Neap tide

Question 2

Which type of tide is occurring?

Accepted Answer

Spring tide

Question 3

What is the appropriate unit to measure distances within our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Astronomical Unit

Question 4

What is the force of attraction between 2 objects with mass?

Accepted Answer

Gravity

Question 5

Which of these sun features is described as a loop of gas unrolling from the sun's surface?

Accepted Answer

prominence

Question 6

What event is being shown in the diagram?

Accepted Answer

A lunar eclipse

Question 7

What is the area/layer of the sun where hot gases rise and cooler sinks?

Accepted Answer

Convective Zone

Question 8

What day is experiencing spring tides?

Accepted Answer

Feb 23

Question 9

The dark, cooler areas on the sun's photosphere that have a strong magnetic field are called?

Accepted Answer

sun spots

Question 10

What is the name of this system model

Accepted Answer

Geocentric Model

Question 11

Why can you see the surface of the moon from Earth?

Accepted Answer

Sunlight is reflected off the moons surface

Question 12

Stars that are the coolest, but brightest stars are found where on the H-R Diagram?

Accepted Answer

Top-Right

Question 13

Which is the best unit to measure distances between stars and galaxies?

Accepted Answer

Light Year

Question 14

What object is the brightest in the sky as seen from Earth?

Accepted Answer

Sun

Question 15

Which is not a characteristic of Gas Giants?

Accepted Answer

Very few to no moons

Question 16

This is what type of lunar phase?

Accepted Answer

Waning Gibbous

Question 17

Which answer shows stars from largest to smallest?

Accepted Answer

Rigel, Pollux, Sirius

Question 18

What is the name of this system model?

Accepted Answer

Heliocentric Model

Question 19

During this event, what layer of the Sun is visible?

Accepted Answer

Corona

Question 20

This is the brightness of a star, as seen or viewed fro Earth.

Accepted Answer

apparent brightness

Question 21

What event is being shown in the image?

Accepted Answer

a solar eclipse

Question 22

Most of the stars belong to which category?

Accepted Answer

Main Sequence

Question 23

What is the name of the most accepted theory of how the universe was created?

Accepted Answer

Big Bang Theory

Question 24

The time it takes for an object to make one complete turn on its axis is called?

Accepted Answer

Day

Question 25

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Terrestrial Planets?

Accepted Answer

thick, gaseous atmospheres

Question 26

The process of fusing 2 Hydrogen atoms into 1 Helium atom in the Sun's core is called what?

Accepted Answer

Nuclear Fusion

Question 27

During which seasons are the amount of sunlight about equal to both hemispheres?

Accepted Answer

Vernal Equinox and Autumnal Equinox

Question 28

Gravity is the strongest when...

Accepted Answer

Mass increases and distance between objects decreases

Question 29

Why does the sun and moon appear to be the same size, when the sun is much bigger than it?

Accepted Answer

The moon is much closer to Earth than the sun

Question 30

What is the name of our galaxy?

Accepted Answer

Milky Way

Question 31

Which lunar phase is this?

Accepted Answer

New Moon

Question 32

The Bay of Fundy has the highest tidal range. What type of Tide is being shown below?

Accepted Answer

Spring Tide

Question 33

The picture illustrates what?

Accepted Answer

A solar eclipse

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