Tides
What are tides?
The daily rise and fall of Earth's waters on the coastline.
What are Meteoroids?
What are seasons?
Seasons are short periods of climate change.
The more (blank) and object has the more gravity
Name the 8 phases of the moon in order.
What is high tide?
When the water reaches its highest point
What are Meteors?
A meteoroid that burns up in Earth's atmosphere.
How are seasons caused?
When the amount of Solar radiation an area receives changes.
What happens when two objects have more distance from eachother?
They will have less gravity they will have.
What is a full moon?
When the moon appears to be fully lit.
What is low tide?
When the water reaches its lowest point.
What are Meteorites?
Meteoroids that hit Earth's surface.
How does Summer occur?
Summer occurs in the hemisphere tilted towards the Sun and receives more sunlight.
What is inertia?
Inertia is the force an object has that makes it move at the same speed in the same position.
What moon phase does a Solar eclipse occur during?
It occurs during a New moon.
What causes tides?
The gravitational pull of the moon and the rotation of the Earth on it's axis.
What are comets composed of?
Dust, rock, ice, methane, ammonia.
How does Winter occur?
Winter occurs in the hemisphere tilted away from the Sun and receives less sunlight.
What is Gravity?
The force that pulls two objects towards each other.
What causes moon phases?
When the light of the sun reflects on parts of the moon.
What is neap and spring tide
A neap tide is when tides are lower than usual tides and Spring tides are when the tides are at the highest high tide and the lowest low tide.
What are Asteroids?
A piece of rock that is larger than a Meteroid and is made of similar material to planets.
What is a hemisphere?
A hemisphere is a half of the Earth.
Gravity & Inertia
What moon phase does a Lunar eclipse occur during?
The Full moon.