Lunar Cycles
This is the second phase which occurs after a few days of the new moon, and is known as ____
Waxing Cresent
Which season has the longest night?
Winter
What is a front?
A boundary between two air masses of different densities. A weather system that is the boundary separating two different types of air.
What are the two types of lithosphere?
What are the four main phases of the moon?
What are the four seasons?
Summer, winter, spring, and fall.
How does a cold front form?
A cold front form when a cold, dense air mass pushes under a warm, lighter air mass, forcing the warm air to rise.
____ happens when both plates move apart from one other.
Divergent Boundaries
The moon takes how many days to revolve around the earth?
27 Days
When is the summer solstice observed in the Northern Hemisphere?
June 21
How does a warm front form?
A warm front starts to develop when a body of advancing warmer air encounters a region with colder air.
What are the types of plate boundaries?
true or false: Seismic activity is seen on the moon.
true
During which season the position of the sun is highest?
Summer solstice
What is a stationary front?
A stationary front is a frontal system that forms at a fixed location when two air masses come together, but neither is strong enough to replace the other.
Plate tectonics results in _____
Mountain Building, Earthquakes, and Volcanos.
Who was the first person to land on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Why does the season change?
On the earth, the availability of sunlight is different. The changes in the sunlight availability in a particular region on land affect the temperature of that region; this is why the season changes.
What type of weather can occur at an occluded front?
Occluded fronts occur when a faster-moving cold front catches up to a slower-moving warm front.
true or false: There are no dynamic tectonic plates found in earth’s crust.