Solar System
What are the 4 terrestrial planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What is larger a gibbous or crescent moon?
Gibbous
What angle is earth's tilt at?
23.5
True or False: The Moon revolves around the Earth.
True.
What causes the seasons?
Tilt of Earth and Orbit
How long does it take to revolve or orbit around the Sun?
What does it cause?
365 days or 1 year
Seasons
What is the word for when the moon is gradually getting smaller?
Waning
What season is it when Northern hemisphere is titled away from the sun?
Winter
Does the moon get smaller or larger after a full moon? What is the phase?
Smaller
waning gibbous
How long does it take the Earth to rotate once?
What does it cause?
24 hours
Day and night
How long is the moon cycle or how long does it take moon to orbit Earth?
about 29 1/2 days or one month
Name the 4 gas giants.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Moon phase after the new moon?
waxing crescent
Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature all year?
The equator always receives direct sunlight
List the Earth, Moon, and Sun in size order.
Size (smallest to largest): Moon, Earth, Sun
Energy is created in the sun's ______________.
Chromosphere
What is the moon phase when the moon is between the Earth and the sun?
What does the moon look like?
New Moon
Can't see moon
What would seasons be like if Earth's axis were straight up and down?
There would ne no seasons
What is top half of Earth called where we live?
If we have summer what season is bottom half in?
We live in North hemisphere
When we have summer Southern hemisphere has winter