Rotation & Revolution of the Earth
A student wants to use a spinning basketball to model the day-and-night cycle on Earth. What should the student do in order to best model the cause of the day-and-night cycle?
Shine a bright light on one side of the ball
If there's a new moon on April 10, when will the full moon be?
April 25
The Earth would would not have seasons if it-
no longer tilted on his axis.
If you see a full moon, what will the next moon phase that you see be?
Waning Gibbous Moon
Why does autumn start in different months of the year in North America and South America?
A. Earth's orbit around the sun is not a perfect circle.
B. North America has a larger landmass than South America
C.The moon has a greater pull on South America than on North America
D.Earth's axis has a 23.5° tilt.
Earth's axis has a 23.5° tilt.
When the moon is full what sequence of moon phases will occur over the next 8 days?
Full, waning gibbous, third quarter
What change can occur if the rate of the Earth's rotation on its axis increased?
The length of a day would be shorter.
If on June 2, a full moon occurred what lunar phase will occur on July 4?
Waning gibbous
Which of these locations on Earth experiences the least change in the number of daylight hours throughout the year?
Equator, North Pole, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
If there is a third-quarter moon on July 2, when will the next full moon be?
July 23