Earth and Moon 1
The angle of the earth's tilt.
What is 23.5 degrees?
The approximate time needed for the moon to complete one orbit.
The earth is always pointed at this star.
What is Polaris?
Term used when the moons light is "growing".
Waxing
When two objects are dropped side by side...
What causes the tidal force of attraction?
The earth's orbital period.
What is 365.24 days?
A solar eclipse.
When does the moon block light from the sun?
During this season, the norther hemisphere is angled away from the earth.
What is winter?
The light side of the moon always grows from this side.
What is the right side?
Length of time from high tide to low tide.
What is six hours?
The Earth Centered model of the universe.
What is the Geocentric Model?
The angle of the moons orbit.
What is 5 degrees?
This day has 12 hours of night and 12 hours of day.
What is the equinox?
The approximate time between the new moon and the full moon.
What is two weeks?
Earth's water pulled towards the moon's center.
What is the cause of the earth's low tides?
The scientist that first proposed the geocentric model of the universe.
Who was Nicolas Copernicus
The rotational period of the moon is the same as this.
During this season, the sun takes the highest path through the sky.
What is summer?
A blue moon.
What is the 13th full moon of the year referred to as?
When one side of an orbiting body always faces the object it is orbiting.
What is tidal locking?
The philosopher that tried to use math to explain the planets motion around the earth.
Who was Ptolemy?
Then length of a sidereal month.
What is 27 days?
The first day of winter 2024
What is December 21st?
The month measuring the full time needed to complete one cycle of phases.
What is a synodic month?
The cause of Io's volcanos?
What is friction from tidal forces heating the interior of the moon?