Grade George Washington’s Non-Presidential Life:Many times, a president makes as much, if not more, of an impact outside of the White House than inside. In other cases, presidents have unremarkable public lives outside of the Oval Office. In this category, your job is to evaluate how much of an impact on America (positive, negative, or neutral) a president had both prior to and after assuming the presidency. Be sure to describe the president’s background, career, and accomplishments when evaluating their non-presidential contributions.

Which heat source continues to contribute to Earth’s internal heat?

The _______________    ______________ (two words) is the illusion that the stars surrounding the earth are all the same distance away from the earth.  This occurs because of lack of depth perception when looking into space.

Grade George Washington’s Legislative Success, Appointments, and the Executive Office of the President:In this area you will evaluate a president’s management of the executive office of the president (White House staff, advisors, aides, cabinet members, and federal agencies), the president’s level of success in terms of convincing congress to pass the president’s legislative agenda, and the quality of the president’s federal appointments (judicial and otherwise). While every president has an agenda, not every president is able to successfully guide their agenda items through congress; your job is to determine how well a president does that. This category considers the ability of presidents to surround themselves with quality people and their ability to assign judgeships and federal positions effectively.

Venus has a thicker atmosphere than Earth.

Explain how the Moon creates tides on Earth. Why do we have two high and low tides each day?

The jovian planets have no solid surface.

All planets orbit the Sun in the same direction (counterclockwise as viewed from above Earth’s North Pole).

Astronomy and astrology were often practiced together in ancient cultures, and astrology played an important role in the historical development of astronomy.

A situation in which one object’s orbital period is a simple ratio of another object’s period, such as 1/2, 1/4, or 5/3 is called __________________    _________________   (two words).