MAPPING/POV
SEASONS
MOON PHASES
TIDES
THE COSMOS
100
What are the imaginary lines around Earth that run from East to West?
Lines of LATITUDE
100
What is the main reason we have seasons?
The TILT of the Earth's axis
100
How much of the moon is lit ALL the time?
HALF
100
What causes TIDES?
Moon's gravitational pull.
100
How did our Solar system start?
With a NEBULA
200
DAILY DOUBLE: The higher a person gets in ALTITUDE... (complete the statement with what the observer sees)
The less details and man-made structures we see, and the more large natural structures we see.
200
When the Northern hemisphere has Spring the Southern Hemisphere is experiencing...
Fall
200
When the moon is between the Sun and Earth it is a _________ phase.
NEW MOON
200
How many HIGH tides do we have a day?
2
200
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn are all... (whats their common characteristic)
Gas Giant Planets
300
What are the imaginary lines around Earth that run from North to South?
Lines of LONGitude
300
What EARTH MOTION causes the solar angle to change throughout the year.
REVOLUTION
300
Waxing means to
GROW
300
How many HIGH tides do we have a day?
2
300
Which is longer Astronomical Units (AU) or Light Years (LY)?
Light Years (LY)
400
The POV when your directly above
Birds-Eye View (or North-Polar)
400
The higher the Solar angle the ___________ the Sunlight will be.
MORE DIRECT (Concentrated or Intense)
400
DAILY DOUBLE: List the phases of the moon in order staring with the NEW moon.
NEW, WAXING CRESCENT, 1ST, WAXING GIBBOUS, FULL, WANING GIBBOUS, 3RD, WANING CRESCENT
400
Approximately how many hours pass between tides?
6 hours
400
TRUE or FALSE: The Sombrero Galaxy is in our Milky way?
FALSE
500
How do we know the Earth is round? (recall investigation 2)
Boats that sail off into the horizon begin to slowly sink below the observers line of sight.
500
If the earth were not tilted, what would happen to our seasons?
We would not have seasons, every latitude would have the same season all year long.
500
When the FULL moon is on Wednesday the 4th, the NEW moon will be...
WEDNESDAY the 18th
500
If HIGH tide was at 4:05 PM, when is the next HIGH tide?
4:05 AM
500
After planets began to CONDENSE, what was the next step in the formation of our SOLAR SYSTEM?
ACCRETION: The act of material colliding to form planetismals
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