Here comes the sun...
More Moon Talk
Energy
Newty Newton
What can it be?
100
When the sun appears HIGHEST in the sky
Summer Solstice
100
The length of time it takes for Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun
365 1/4 days
100
When a ball is dropped from the top of a ladder, at what point(s) does it have the most potential
energy
At the top before it is released
100
The force of gravity pulls you to the ground. The ground pushes back with an equal, and opposite force.
This is an example of which law of motion?
Newton's 3rd Law
100
When you breathe against a windowpane and you make a spot...this is this stage of the water cycle.
Condensation
200
the sun's rays are most direct on earth
Near the equator
200
the time it takes the moon to orbit the earth
29.5 days
200
Identify TWO forms of energy
kinetic & potential
200
Which law states that an object will continue moving at a constant velocity, or a stationary object will
remain at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force?
Newton's 1st law
200
The atmosphere transfers heat by this process and circulates energy around the planet.
Convection
300
Order of phases increasing sunlight reflected to earth
new, crescent, gibbous, full
300
How many days from a new moon to a full moon?
14 days
300
Examples of insulators of electrical charges....
rubber, glass, wood
300
A full grocery cart requires more force to push than an empty cart
Newton's 2nd law
300
The process that occurs when your perspiration disappears.
Evaporation
400
Why do mountain climbers climbing high mountains wear oxygen masks to minimize the chance of
health hazards or even death?
air at high altitudes is less dense, so it is harder to breath in oxygen
400
Energy stored by something that can stretch or compress
elastic potential energy
400
Conductors of electrical charges are materials such as
copper, steel, metal coins
400
A rocket blasting off from the launch pad
Newton's 3rd law
400
The process by which gases hold heat in the atmosphere
Greenhouse Effect
500
The gravitational pull of ____________ tide causes ocean levels to be extremely high or extremely low.
Spring
500
Tides tend to have the greatest tidal range (difference between high and low) when moon is in certain
phases. Which phases are these?
New moon and full moon
500
Energy that an object has due to its motion.
Kinetic
500
Several dogs pulling a sled cause it to accelerate more quickly than just one dog pulling a sled
Newton's 2nd law
500
The atmosphere transfers heat by the process of ___________________________, and this circulates
the energy around the planet.
convection