What do you remember?
Day/Night Cycle
Seasons
Moon Phases
Graphs, Models and Charts
100
Why is Earth considered a system?
It has interacting parts.
100
True or False: The Moon causes night time to occur on the Earth.
False
100
What season is best described as having short days and long nights? Spring, Summer, Fall, or Winter
Winter has short days and long nights.
100
What causes the different phases of the Moon?
The REVOLUTION OF THE MOON AROUND THE EARTH causes the different moon phases.
100
What season is shown in the Northern Hemisphere?
Summer is shown in the Northern Hemisphere.
200
What is the subsystem that has to do with rocks and minerals?
The geosphere.
200
What would happen if the Earth's rotation on its axis was faster?
If the rotation of the Earth was faster, the length of a day would be shorter.
200
What causes the different seasons on the Earth?
The TILT OF THE EARTH ON ITS AXIS and the revolution of the Earth around the Sun causes the Seasons.
200
What is this moon phase?
[Waxing] Crescent
200
Where would the Sun be located in the image shown? (Top, Bottom, Left, or Right)
To the RIGHT
300
What vocabulary term means "the use of objects, distances, and directions that you use to establish the location of something"?
Frame of Reference
300
If the Earth did not revolve around the Sun, would there be daytime and nighttime on Earth? Explain.
Yes, the day and night would not change but we would be stuck in the same season forever.
300
Explain why this is True or False: The Earth is closest to the Sun in June, that is why we have summer.
False: The Earth is closest to the Sun in January. The Earth's distance from the Sun only varies by ~3%, which is negligible.
300
What moon phase will occur after the waning crescent?
New Moon / 0% of the illuminated side
300
I drew the Earth and Sun while explaining why we have the seasons. I have Earth's axis pointed toward the Sun for every season. What should I do to make my drawing more accurate?
Add the North Star and have the Earth's axis always pointed toward the North Star instead of the Sun.
400
List Earth's susbsytems.
Geo-, Hydro-, Atmo-, and Bio- spheres
400
What would happen if the Earth did not rotate on its axis?
One side of the planet would be constant day and the other side of the planet would be constant night. If still orbiting the Sun, a day/night cycle would take a year.
400
What season comes next in the Southern Hemisphere?
Spring comes next in the Southern Hemisphere.
400
The term that explains why we only see one side of the Moon from Earth.
Tidal Locking / Synchronous Rotation
400
What season came before the one shown in the Northern Hemisphere?
Fall comes before the season shown in the Northern Hemisphere.
500
Give an example of 3 or more of Earth's subsystems interacting.
answers will vary
500
What causes the Day/Night cycle on the Earth?
The rotation of the Earth on its axis causes the Day/Night cycle.
500
Why does tilt matter for the seasons?
Earth's tilt determines the solar angle (intensity of light) and the length of daylight. When tilted toward the sun, rays hit directly; away, rays hit at an angle, spreading energy over a wider area.
500
Why do people think that the Moon is larger near the horizon?
When the moon is high, we have no reference points. Near the horizon, the brain perceives the Moon as farther away, and because it occupies the same amount of visual space, the brain assumes it must be larger to fill that space.
500
The diagram shows what an astronaut would see from space as they were over the planet Earth. What moon phase would people on the planet Earth be seeing?
They would see the New Moon. (New Moon is always when the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth.)