Moon Phases
Tides
Seasons
Earth-Moon-Sun
Wild Card
100
What phase of the Moon occurs when the entire lit side faces Earth?
What is a full moon?
100
What causes Earth’s tides?
The gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun.
100
This is the reason for the seasons.
What is the Earth's Tilt?
100
This is the closest object to Earth.
What is the Moon?
100
This moon phase happens about one week after a new moon.
What is the first quarter moon?
200
What phase happens when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun?
What is a new moon?
200
This tide occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon form a straight line.
What is a Spring Tide
200
This is the season when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun.
What is summer?
200
It takes this many DAYS for the Moon to make one full orbit around the Earth.
What is about 28 days?
200
During this time, high tides the highest?
What is a spring tide?
300
Identify the phase shown below.
What is the first-quarter moon?
300
Identify the tide shown in this diagram.
What is a spring tide?
300
Use the diagram to figure out this transitional season for the Northern Hemisphere.
What is fall or autumn.
300
This model shows this type of special tide.
What is a Neap Tide?
300
This is Mr. Stapleton's favorite class.
What is THIS CLASS?
400
Why do we see different phases of the Moon from Earth?
Because the Moon orbits Earth, and we see different portions of its lit half.
400
This tide occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon form a right angle.
What is a neap tide?
400
This is the reason that Earth receive more direct sunlight in summer.
What is tilted towards the sun?
400
Based on the diagram this is the season in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is winter?
400
This is the current season in the Southern Hemisphere right now!
What is Fall or Autumn?
500
These two phases cause the highest tides on Earth.
What are Full and New moons.
500
This is the reason why neap tides have the smallest tidal range.
What is the Sun and Moon pull pull at 90-degrees, reducing the difference between high and low tides?
500
Because of this, the equator experiences very little seasonal change.
What is consistent sunlight year-round?
500
Describe how the positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun create a new moon.
The moon is between the Earth and Sun.
500
Identify the season for the Northern Hemisphere:
What is Spring?