Day/Night Cycle
Moon phases
Seasons
Life cycles
Tides/Misc.
100

What causes day light?

The Earth facing the sun

100

What moon phase comes after the waning crescent?

New Moon

100

What is the reason many parts of the Earth have seasons?

The Earth's tilt as it revolves around the sun.

100

In a plant's life cycle, a seed grows into a new plant that forms seeds. Then the new seeds...

repeat the life cycle

100

The gravitational attraction between Earth and the moon is a main reason for...

high and low tides 

200

Earth completes on rotation every...

24 hours

200

The visible portion of the moon that we see each night follows a...

pattern

200

The Earth completes one revolution every...

365 1/4 days

200

What are the stages in the butterfly life cycle?

Egg -> larva ->pupa -> adult
200

According to the data, what pattern do the tides follow?

Day:                         High/Low:               Tide time:

Monday, March 14           High                    3:14 am

                                     Low                     9:45 am

                                     High                    3:44 pm

                                     Low                     9:51 pm

Tuesday, March 15         High                     4:19 am

                                    Low                     10:48 am

                                    High                    4:49 pm

                                    Low                     10:57 pm

There are two high and two low tides each day

300
As the earth rotates, the part of Earth facing the sun has...
daylight
300

What does the first quarter moon look like?

The right half of the moon reflects the sun's light, and the left side is dark. 
300

The Earth is always rotating on its...

axis

300

What makes moon phases, changing seasons, day and night, and tides a pattern?

They continually repeat in the same order. 

300

When the water on the Earth bulges away from the Earth, what kind of tide does this make?

High tide

400

What is the Prime Meridian?

An imaginary line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres.

400

When there is a new moon, people on Earth can see...

no part of the moon

400

Which way is the Earth tilted in order for us to have summer?

The northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun.

400

What is the order of a frog's life cycle?

Eggs -> tadpole -> tadpole with legs -> adult

400
In what season are the sun's rays not hitting Virginia directly?

Winter

500

What is the equator?

An imaginary line that divides the northern and southern hemispheres.
500

What moon phase comes after the full moon?

Waning gibbous

500

What is the order of the seasons?

Winter, spring, summer fall

Fall winter, spring, summer

summer, fall, winter, spring or

spring, summer, fall, winter

500

What is a cycle?

a sequence that keeps repeating

500

What is an axis?

an imaginary pole through the Earth's center

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