Sun, Moon & Earth
Unequal Heating
Seasons
Moon Phases
Gravity & Tides
Inner & Outer Planets
100
What are the motions of the earth?
Rotation & Revolution
100
True or False: Latitude lines run vertical.
FALSE
100
What is the main reason Earth has seasons?
Earth's axis is tilted.
100
Which moon phase is this
?
First Quarter
100
As the distance between two objects increases, gravity…
Decreases
100
Name the planets in order from closest to farthest from the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
200
What is the shape of the Earth's orbit?
Ellipse
200
Longitude lines run parallel to what?
The Prime Meridian
200
When is the northern hemisphere experiencing summer?
Point A
200
What side of the Moon is illuminated when the Moon is waning?
Left side
200
True or false: The two factors that impact gravity are weight and distance
False
200
Which planet takes the longest to revolve? Why?
Neptune, farthest from the sun
300
Why do we always see the same side of the moon?
The moon rotates and revolves at the same rate.
300
Why is it colder the further North or South you move from the equator?
Less direct sunlight
300
Explain how the Earth is positioned when it is winter.
Tilted away from the sun.
300
How are the sun, moon, and earth aligned during a solar eclipse?
Moon is in between sun and earth (new moon phase)
300
During what moon phases do we get neap tides?
1st and 3rd quarter
300
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and almost no atmosphere. What would that mean for its temperature?
Big range (hot during day, loses all its heat at night)
400
Explain the difference between rotation and revolution.
Rotation is something spinning on its axis, revolving is an object orbiting another object.
400
Which two locations will have the most similar temperature?
1 and 2.
400
Why does Earth's revolution play a role in seasons?
Changed which hemisphere is tilted towards or away from the Sun.
400
Name the moon phases in order, starting and ending at new moon.
New moon, waxing crescent, 1st quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter, waning crescent, new moon
400
Define spring tide.
The sun, moon, and earth are in line with each other. The combined gravitational pull of the sun and moon make high tides higher and low tides lower than normal.
400
Why do outer planets have more moons?
More massive, more gravitational pull
500
Explain how we get day and night on Earth.
Earth's rotation: facing the sun is day time, facing away is night time.
500
Which place would be the warmest?
Location 3
500
Name one country that is experiencing summer while the U.S. is experiencing winter.
Answers will vary. Anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere.
Most predicted answer: Australia.
500
Why do we see different phases of the moon from earth?
We see different amounts of the sunlit half of the moon depending on where the moon is in its revolution
500
Which of the following pictures represents the water levels during a neap tide?
B
500
Contrast the temperature, composition, and size of inner and outer planets.
Inner planets are warmer
Inner planets are rocky, Outer planets are gaseous
Outer planets are bigger