Earth
What is the difference between the REVOLUTION of Earth and the ROTATION of Earth?
Revolution - orbit around the sun (365 days)
Rotation - Earth spins on its axis (24 hours)
What is the difference between Waxing and Waning?
Waxing - to grow in light
Waning - to shrink in light
In what moon phases does a neap tide occur?
a. During a new and full moon.
b. During the first and third quarter.
c. During the waxing and waning crescent phases.
d. It happens during every moon phase.
b. During the first and third quarter moon
What cycle results from Earth’s revolution around the Sun?
a) Seasons
b) Day and Night
c) Lunar Cycle
d) Tidal Cycle
a) Seasons
List the four terrestrial planets:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What seasons occur during the Equinoxes?
Summer and Winter
OR
Spring and Fall
Spring and Fall
Approximately how many days does it take for the moon to complete its cycle of phases to change from a New Moon to a New Moon?
29.5 days
What type of tide occurs during the new and full moon?
Spring Tides
Sally went outside at night on her birthday to star gaze. If Sally went outside next year on her birthday, what would she see in the night sky?
a. The same stars
b. Different stars due to the rotation of the Earth
c. The same moon phases
d. The same moon phase and the same stars
a. The same stars
List the planets in order from closest to the Sun from farthest from the Sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
An equinox occurs at the start of the spring and fall. The solstice occurs during the summer and the winter. Which phenomenon is happening when Arizona experience longer days and shorter nights?
a. Spring equinox
b. Fall equinox
c. Winter solstice
d. Summer solstice
d. Summer Solstice
When the lighted side of the moon is on the right side and the moon appears to be lighted less, usually seen after a New Moon. What phase of the moon are you seeing?
a. Waning crescent
b. Waxing crescent
c. Waning gibbous
d. Waxing gibbous
b. Waxing crescent
The darker shadow of an eclipse is called the ________ and the lighter shadow is called the ________
Umbra & penumbra
Constellations can take the shapes of (Choose all that apply):
a. Animals
b. Mythical creatures
c. Planets
d. People (man/woman)
a. Animals
b. Mythical Creatures
d. People (man/woman)
Which characteristics of terrestrial planets are TRUE? a. These planets are giants and gaseous.
b. These planets have moons.
c. Terrestrial planets have core, mantle, and crust.
d. Terrestrial planets are outer planets and gaseous.
c. Terrestrial planets have core, mantle, and crust.
In position 4, the Southern Hemisphere is experiencing:
a. Summer
b. Fall
c. Winter
d. Spring
a. Summer
What moon phase happens during a Lunar Eclipse?
Full Moon
Spring Tides have the _____ high tides and the _______ low tides
highest high tides
lowest low tides
Are all stars in a constellation near each other?
No, they can sometimes be very far apart.
What are the three characteristics for an object in space to be considered a planet? (Pick 3)
a. Orbit the Sun.
b. Has to have at least one moon.
c. Have mass and enough gravity to hold a spherical shape.
d. Big enough that its gravity cleared away any other objects of a similar size near its orbit around the Sun.
a. Orbit the Sun.
c. Have mass and enough gravity to hold a spherical shape.
d. Big enough that its gravity cleared away any other objects of a similar size near its orbit around the Sun.
Sophia is from Australia and she came to Vail, Arizona for her winter break to be with her cousins. She arrived in Tucson International airport at 7:15 in the morning with her flip flops and shorts. She was surprised how dark and cold it was when she deplaned. When she met her cousins she asked them why. What would you tell her?
Arizona and Australia are located in different hemispheres and because Arizona is experiencing winter solstice, we have longer nights and shorter days.
Write and draw the moon phases in order starting with the New Moon
New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, and Waning Crescent
A fisherman went fishing and noticed that the moon was full. What will he notice about the sea level?
a. The sea level is very low.
b. The sea level is very high.
c. The sea is gone.
d. The sea is reflecting the moon.
b. the sea level is very high
Which star is inside of Ursa Major and appears to always be in a fixed position in the sky?
Polaris (North Star)
What made scientists determine that Pluto wasn't a planet anymore?