Phases of the Moon
Phases of the Moon cont...
Tides
Seasons
Hodgepodge
100
What causes the moon to change its appearance?
A cycle
100
Why does the moon appear to have different shapes at different times of the month?
It depends on where the moon is in its orbit around the Earth.
100
What is the rise and fall of the ocean waters?
Tides
100
What season is it when the Northern Hemisphere is tipped toward the sun?
Summer
100
What causes day and night?
The rotation of the Earth on its axis
200
The moon is a ____________ of the Earth.
Satellite
200
What are the different shapes of the moon called?
Phases
200
What causes the tides?
The gravitational pull of the moon and the sun
200
What season is it when the Northern Hemisphere is tipped away from the sun?
Winter
200
How long does it take earth to make one complete rotation?
24 hours
300
How long does it take the Moon to move around the Earth?
About a month
300
The moon is directly between the sun and Earth, the side of the moon facing Earth is in darkness, the moon is not visible in the sky.
New Moon
300
This pull causes the water to draw up on the side of the Earth facing the moon and on the opposite tide
high tide
300
What causes the seasons?
The tilting of the Earth's axis and by the movement around the sun
300
The part of the Earth facing the sun has______________.
day
400
Does the moon produce its own light?
No, it reflects light form the sun.
400
As the moon continues to move in its orbit around the Earth, a sliver of the illuminated side of the moon becomes visible.
Waxing Crescent
400
What pattern do the tides follow?
two high and two low tides every 24 hours
400
How many seasons are in one year?
four
400
The part of the Earth not facing the sun has __________.
night
500
Does the moon move around the sun or around the Earth?
Earth
500
The moon appears to be more than half but less than a full moon.
Waxing gibbous
500
Do we have high and low tides at the exact same time every day?
No
500
Name the four seasons.
winter, spring, summer, and fall
500
How long does it take Earth to make one complete revolution?
365 days or one year
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