jeopardy cards --science
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- this is 384,400 kilometers from the earth
- what is the moon
- The amount of days it takes the moon to revolve once around earth
- what is 27.3 days
- This occurs whenthe moon'[s shadow hits Earth or Earth's shadow hits the moon
- What is a eclipse
- This occurs when there is a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun
- what is a lunar eclipse
- this term implies the darkest part of moon's shadows
- what is umbra
- This star's atmosphere has three layers--its photosphere, chromosphere and the corona.
- what is the sun's atmospheres
- This is the type of energy the sun gets its energy
- what is nuclear fusion
- term for areas of gas on the sun that are cooler than the gases around them
- what is sunspots
- This is the gas that three fourths of the sun's mass is comprised of
- what is hydrogen
- a gas that up 20% of the earth's atmosphere
- what is oxygen
- 70% of the earth is covered by this
- what is water
- branch of science that is the study of the moon starts and other objects in space
- What is astronomy
- This is the measurement of distance from the equator expressed in degrees North and South
- What is latitude
- In this year which occurs every four years the month of February has only 29 days instead of 28
- What is a leap year
- I am a Italian atronomer who is credited with inventing the telescope
- Galileo
- I am famous astronaut and I am remembered for saying " One step for man, one giant step for mankind"
- Who is Neil Armstrong?
- Pits on the moon's surface
- What is craters?
- The force that pulls the moon and Earth towards each other and is responsible for the tides.
- What is gravity?
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What county's people are
credited with developing the first calender of 365 days by dividing into a year - Who are the Egyptians
- the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere
- What is the corona