Moving and Shaking
Tug of War
Who am I
Say What???
Odds and Ends
100
I am the rise and fall of water
What is tides
100
I am the force that pulls objects toward each other.
What is gravity
100
I am the imaginary line that goes through the North and South Pole
What is axis
100
I am the study of the Moon and all other objects in Space.
What is Astronomy
100
I am the different shapes of the moon that you see from Earth.
What is Phases
200
The Earth spinning on it's axis.
What is rotation
200
I occur when an object in space comes between another object
What is eclipse
200
I am the larger part of the shadow.
What is penumbra
200
I am the darkest part of a shadow.
What is umbra
200
What does the configuration of the Earth, Sun and Moon during a Spring tide
What is they are in a straight line
300
The path one object takes around another object.
What is orbit
300
I occur when the Moon passes between the Earth and Sun
What is Solar eclipse
300
What type of tide do meteorologists worry about during storms and why?
What is Spring tide- the water is going to be higher than usual and flooding can occur.
300
Two days a year the Sun is directly overhead at 23.5 degrees North and 23.5 degrees and 23.5 degrees South
What is Solstice
300
I am the two times a month that we have a Spring Tide
What is Full and New Moon.
400
I am the tide with the greatest difference between high and low tides.
What is Spring Tide
400
How many hours are between each Low tide?
What is 12 hours
400
How many tides do we have on earth a day?
What is 4
400
Two days a year when neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun.
What is Equinox
400
We have this type of tide during a 1st and 3rd quarter.
What is Neap Tide
500
I am the two times a month that we have a Neap tide
What is 1st and 3rd quarter
500
I occur at a full moon when Earth if directly between the Moon and the Sun
What is lunar eclipse
500
The measurement of distance from the equator expressed in degrees North and South.
What is Latitude
500
The distance from the Prime Meridian expressed in degrees East and West
What is longitude
500
I am the area that lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
What is the tropics
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