Earth's Tilt
What phenomenon does the tilt of Earth cause on its surface?
Seasons
What object in space is the cause of the tides on Earth?
The Moon
What is a light year?
The distance light travels in one year.
Which of these numbers is the largest?
A) 2*105
B) 6*103
C) 5*109
C) 5*109
What shape can be used to describe all orbits in space?
A) Circle
B) Ellipse
C) Square
B) Ellipse
How is the top of the Earth tilted relative to the Sun during the summer/June solstice?
Tilted directly toward the sun.
How many high tides are there each day?
2
Which of these objects is bigger (has a bigger diameter) than the others?
A) Star cluster
B) Galaxy
C) Solar System
Galaxy
Convert 6.767*103 to standard notation.
6767
What are the two things that can change the force of gravity?
Distance and Mass
True or False: It is winter in Louisville when the Earth is CLOSEST to the Sun in its orbit.
True
What is it called when the Sun, Moon, and Earth all line up and produce the highest high tides?
Spring Tide
What are the two largest planets in our Solar system?
Jupiter and Saturn
Convert 0.00067 into scientific notation
6.7*104
What object has the largest gravitational pull in the solar system?
The Sun
How are the seasons of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere related?
They are opposite
What is it called when the Sun, Earth, and Moon make a 90 degree angle with each other and produce the lowest high tide and smallest difference between tides?
Neap tide
True or false: Many objects in space are so far away that it takes the light millions of years just to reach Earth.
True
What two types of numbers are best represented using scientific notation?
Really big and really small numbers
What happens to a satellite's speed as it gets closer to the object it is orbiting?
It gets faster
How many seasons do regions around the equator have?
2
How many spring tides are there each month?
2 (because the Moon fully orbits Earth every 28 days)
If the Earth was a basketball, what is an example of an object that could represent the Moon?
Tennis ball, baseball, orange, etc.
Convert 67,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 to scientific notation.
6.7*1067
What is the object that orbits around the Earth every 28 days?
The Moon