Seasons
Movement
Phases of the moon
Sun & Moon
Electromagnetic Spectrum
100
The tilt of Earth's axis.
What is 23.5 degrees?
100
The length of time it take Earth to rotate.
What is 24 hours or 1 day?
100
When there is a 90 degree angle between the moon, Earth and sun.
What is a quarter moon?
100
The two forces that pull on Earth and create tides.
What is the moon and sun?
100
Which type of radiation on the EM Spectrum is the reason we talk on cell phones?
What is microwaves?
200
This is the season we experience when the suns rays hit the northern hemisphere.
What is summer?
200
365 1/4 days is how long it takes for this to take place.
What is one revolution?
200
When the sun shines on the back side of the moon. The portion of the moon that faces us is not visible.
What is a new moon?
200
This is the force that has the most pull on Earth's water creating tides.
What is the moon?
200
The field where particles can be pushed or pulled.
What electric field?
300
This is the season that we experience when the sun hits more towards the equator.
What is spring and autumn?
300
The amount of time it takes the moon to revolve around Earth.
What is one month?
300
When the visible portion of the moon gets smaller.
What is waning?
300
When Earth, moon and sun align is a straight line and create a large tide that occurs twice a month.
What is a spring tide?
300
Has greater frequency and shorter wavelength than x-rays.
What Gamma rays?
400
We would experience constant year round temperatures if the tilt of the Earth were at this angle.
What is 0 degrees?
400
The two forces that keeps planets in orbit.
What is gravitational pull and inertia?
400
The two movements of the moon that allow us to only see one side of the moon
What is revolution and rotation?
400
The angle that occurs between moon, Earth and sun when a neap tide occurs.
What is a 90 degree angle?
400
Electromagnetic waves travel as__________without a medium--and travels thru empty space.
What is transverse waves?
500
The reason that Antartica does not experience summer when the southern hemisphere is facing the sun.
What is the angle of the sun's rays?
500
This person found out that planets orbit the sun in an ellipse.
Who is Kepler?
500
Used to describe the moon when its shape appears to be more convex in shape.
What is gibbous?
500
The Corona, Photopshere and Chromosphere are apart od which layer in the sun?
What is the outer layers?
500
Radio picks up _______________ through and antenna and converts it to sound waves.
What is radio waves?
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