Earth vs Moon
Moon Phases/Moon
Eclipses
Tides
Seasons
100
How long does it take the earth to rotate?
What is 24 hours!
100
How many phases does the moon have?
What is 8
100
what three objects have to be in a line for an eclipse to happen?
What is the sun, earth, and moon?
100
What causes tides here on earth?
What is the moon's gravitational pull?
100
What causes the seasons here on earth?
What is earth's axial tilt?
200
How long does it take the earth to REVOLVE once around the sun?
What is 365 days or 1 year!
200
Craters on the moon where caused by what?
What is meteorites?
200
What eclipse has a blood red tent?
What is a lunar eclipse?
200
What is the alignment of a spring tide?
What is the sun, moon, and earth all in a straight line?
200
How many degrees is earth's axial tilt?
What is 23.5?
300
How long does it take the moon to revolve around the earth?
What is 28 days!
300
t/f: The moon actually shines.
What is false?
300
What is the alignment of a solar eclipse?
What is sun, moon, earth?
300
What is the alignment of a neap tide?
What is the sun, moon, and earth form a 90 degree angle?
300
What hemisphere do we live in?
What is northern?
400
What are some features of the Earth that make it distinct from other planets?
What is life, water, atmosphere, gravity, temperature.
400
Look on the white board. What phase is this?
What is waxing crescent?
400
What is the alignment of a lunar eclipse?
What is sun, earth, moon?
400
Which tide has the highest and lowest tides of the month?
What is spring tide
400
When it is spring in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?
What is fall/autumn?
500
What are some features of the moon? (more than 2)
What is craters, no atmosphere, no liquid water, reflect sunlight, little gravity (1/6 of earths)
500
Explain how the moon experiences different phases.
What is the moon reflects sunlight! It does NOT change shape, the moon reflects the light from the sun to change shape.
500
What eclipse happens during a new moon?
What is solar eclipse?
500
Explain the water bulge.
What is the side of earth the moon is facing experiences strong gravitational pulls, causing the water to "pull"
500
When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, what season is it?
What is winter?
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