The Earth
The Moon
The Seasons
Eclipse
Gravity
100
What causes Day and Night?
EARTH'S ROTATION
100
How many ways does the moon move through Space?
TWO WAYS
100
TRUE OR FALSE The Earth's North pole ALWAYS faces the sun?
FALSE
100
What is an eclipse?
The total or partial blocking of one object by another.
100
This man was an English scientist who credited an apple falling out of a tree as the reason he investigated gravity.
ISAAC NEWTON
200
What is the Earth's axis?
The imaginary line running from the North pole to the South pole.
200
When we are talking about the moon, what does WAXING mean?
THE PART OF THE MOON WE CAN SEE IS GROWING OR GETTING BIGGER
200
When talking about the seasons, how do the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere compare to the Southern Hemisphere?
They are OPPOSITE
200
What is the darkest part of the moon's shadow called?
The UMBRA
200
What is a force?
PUSH OR PULL
300
When the Earth is revolving, what is the oval shaped path called that it is on?
ORBIT
300
When we are talking about the moon, what does WANING mean?
The part of the moon we can see is SHRINKING or getting smaller.
300
What causes the Earth's season's?
Earth's tilt as it revolves around the sun.
300
What is the area called that surrounds the UMBRA?
The PENUMBRA
300
What is the force that attracts all objects towards each other?
GRAVITY
400
How long does it take the Earth to make one FULL revolution around the sun?
365 1/4 days
400
During the THIRD QUARTER phase of the moon, how much of the moon can you see?
HALF
400
When it is Summer in Canada, what Season is it in Peru?
WINTER
400
What kind of eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly between the Earth and the sun?
A SOLAR ECLIPSE
400
The strength of gravity depends on what TWO things?
MASS AND DISTANCE
500
Where does sunlight hit Earth's surface most directly?
EQUATOR
500
Why is a day and a year the same amount of time on the moon?
Because it takes the moon the same amount of time to rotate and revolve.
500
What season is it in Brazil today?
FALL
500
What happens during a LUNAR ECLIPSE?
The Earth is directly between the moon and the sun.
500
What does Newton's law of universal gravitation state?
Every object in the universe attracts every other object.
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