Eclipses
Seasons
Tides
Moon Phases/Cycle
Vocabulary
100
The Order of the Earth, Sun, and Moon during a Lunar Eclipse.
What is Sun, Earth, Moon?
100
The time it takes for Earth to make one complete rotation
What is 24 hours/1 day?
100
The force exerted primarily by the moon and causes Earth's tides
What is Gravity?
100
The amount of weeks it takes the moon to cycle
What is about 4 weeks?
100
The moon phases appear to be getting smaller
What is waning?
200
The phase of the moon that occurs during a lunar eclipse.
What is a Full Moon?
200
The time it takes for Earth to make one Revolution
What is 1 year/365.25 days?
200
The moon phase(s) that occur during a spring tide
What is New and Full?
200
Unlike the Sun, the Moon does not produce its own visible light. This is how sunlight allows us to see the Moon from Earth
What is reflected Sunlight?
200
The moon blocks the Earth from the sun
What is a Solar Eclipse?
300
The order of the Earth, Sun, and Moon during a Solar Eclipse
What is Sun, Moon, and Earth?
300
The Earths rate of rotation is significantly decreased
What is days and nights getting longer?
300
The amount of tides that occur in one day
What is Four?
300
During this phase, the side of the Moon facing Earth is not illuminated by direct sunlight, making the Moon difficult to see.
What is a New moon?
300
This object orbits a larger object in space. It can be natural, like Earth's Moon, or artificial, like a human-made spacecraft
What is a Satellite?
400
The two different shadows casted during an eclipse.
What is Umbra and Penumbra?
400
During theses two times of the year, day and night are approximately equal in length
What is Equinoxes?
400
The amount of time between high and low tides
What is 6 hours?
400
The Moon rotates at the same sped that it orbits, this causes us to see.
What is the same side of the moon?
400
The distance between the Sun and the Earth is the smallest.
What is a Periphelion?
500
An eclipse does not occur every full moon
Why is the moons orbit
tilted?
500
Summer Solstice date
When is June 21st?
500
This type of tide has the smallest difference between high tide and low tide.
*Draw it Out!*
What is a Neap tide?
500
As the Moon transitions from a new moon toward a full moon, the illuminated portion we see grows
What is Waxing?
500
This is the imaginary line that Earth rotates around, and its tilt helps cause the seasons as Earth orbits the Sun
What is Earth's Axis?
600
The Sun is completely blocked by the moon during a solar eclipse.
What is Totality?
600
Draw and label the four seasons as Earth orbits the Sun. Include Earth’s axial tilt in your drawing
*Be Prepared to Explain!*
How does Earths axil tilt explain the season?
600
Draw and label a spring tide, showing the positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon. Include arrows representing gravitational pulls and illustrate the ocean’s tidal bulges
*Be prepared to Explain!*
Why does a spring tide produce a greater difference between high and low tides?
600
Draw a diagram of the eight Moon phases as the Moon orbits Earth. Place the Sun on the right, and correctly shade and label each phase
*Be prepared to Explain!*
How does the Moon’s position relative to Earth and the Sun determine the phase we see?
600
The candle like object that Mrs. Benson ate
What is Jicama?