Earth and Space
Gravity and Motion
Eclipses
Tides
Moon and Moon Phases
100
One rotation of the Earth takes how long?
What is 24 hours or one day?
100
All objects are attracted to each other by this force.
What is gravity
100
During a total lunar eclipse the moon is in Earth's ____.
What is umbra?
100
A tide with the least amount of difference between low and high tides is called _______
What is neap tide?
100
The phase of the moon you see depends on this.
What is how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth.
200
What causes seasons?
What is the Earth is tilted on an axis and as we rotate, the sun's rays hit different part of the Earth directly and indirectly.
200
The strength of the force of gravity depends on what two things?
What is mass and distance?
200
This is what happens during a solar eclipse.
What is the moon passes directly between the Earth and sun.
200
Explain why we have high tides.
What is the moon's gravity causes the water to pull toward it. It also causes the Earth to pull toward it, leaving a bulge, which causes a high tide.
200
Maria are made from this.
What is lava from billions of years ago.
300
What causes the constellations to appear to "move" in the night sky?
What is as the Earth revolves around the sun, we see different views of the constellations.
300
The tendency of a moving object to continue in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in one place is called this.
What is inertia?
300
The darkest part of the moon's shadow is called this.
What is umbra?
300
When does a spring tide occur?
What is during a new moon or a full moon?
300
How much time passes between a new moon and a full moon?
What is approximately 2 weeks?
400
The beginning of spring is marked by the ______
What is vernal equinox?
400
The day when the sun appears farthest north is called this in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is summer solstice?
400
A lunar eclipse can only occur when the moon is in this phase.
What is full moon?
400
What type of angle do the moon, Earth, and sun create during a neap tide?
What is 90 degree or right angle?
400
This phase is when we see more than half of the moon's light.
What is gibbous phase?
500
This is an object that orbits the sun, is large enough to have been rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit.
What is a planet?
500
These two factors keep a planet in orbit around the sun.
What is gravity and inertia?
500
Which type of eclipse is more common and why?
What is lunar eclipse? Because no matter where you are on Earth, you can see a lunar eclipse if the moon is visible.
500
A ____ tide occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth are nearly in a line.
What is spring tide?
500
Why do we only see one side of the moon on Earth?
What is the moon's revolution is the same as it's rotation, so we only see one side of the moon.
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