Metrics
Scientific Notation
The Earth
The Moon
Grab Bag
100
125 g = __________kg
.125 kg
100
Scientific notation is used for these types of numbers
What is very large and very small
100
This is the time it takes for one complete rotation of the Earth
What is a day (or 24 hours)
100
This is a natural satellite that orbits a planet
What is a moon?
100
This is the rise and fall of water every 12 hours
What are tides
200
34 mm = _______ cm
3.4cm
200
1.9 x 10^3
What is 1900
200
This is when the Earth is tilted the maximum towards or away from the Sun
What is a solstice
200
True or False: We are the only planet that has a moon
False
200
This is the darkest shadow where no sun hits.
What is the umbra
300
This is the basic unit for mass
What is a gram?
300
This is when you use a negative exponent
What is when the number is less than one
300
The diameter of Earth is four times the diameter of this celestial body
What is the Moon
300
This occurs when the Moon enters the shadow of the Earth and the Sun, Earth, and Moon are in alignment
What is a lunar eclipse
300
This occurs every four years to account for the fact that each time we rotate around the sun it takes 365.25 days.
What is Leap Year
400
This is the abbreviation for deci
What is d
400
.5600000
5.6 x 10 ^ -1
400
During these two seasons, the Earth is neither tilted towards or away from the Sun. The tilt is sideways.
What is Spring and Fall
400
These are three main geographical features of the Moon
What are maria, craters, and highlands
500
This is the number of millimeters in one kilometer
What is 1,000,000
500
9745000000
9.745 x 10 ^ 9
500
This is the attractive force that explains why the Moon pulls on the Earth and causes tides.
What is gravity
500
The moon takes the same amount of time to _________ and __________
What is rotate and revolve
500
During this kind of tide, the high tides are very high and the low tides are very low
What is Spring Tide
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