What is one of four quarters into which a year is commonly divided?
100
The number of planets we have in our solar system.
What is eight?
100
The sun, moon and Earth in order from largest to smallest.
What is the sun, earth, then moon?
100
This is a drawing (using the sun, moon, and earth) that shows when a location (represented by an X) would be experiencing night.
See illustration on board!
100
Day and night are caused by this.
What is the rotation of the Earth?
200
The definition of a rotation and the amount of time it takes the earth to complete one rotation.
What is the completion of one spin or turn around an axis. The Earth completes one rotation in one day.
200
The reason why information about the planets in the solar system is constantly changing.
What is because we are always improving our technology?
200
The main reason for the seasons on Earth.
What is the tilt and revolution of the Earth around the sun?
200
This is a drawing (using a lamp for the sun, tennis ball for the moon, and a head for the Earth) that represents when the moon is in the full stage.
See board.
200
The best explanation of the reason for the ocean tides.
What is the moon's gravitational pull as it orbits the Earth?
300
The definition of a revolution and the amount of time it takes the earth to complete one revolution.
What is the completion of one orbit around a center? The Earth completes one revolution around the sun in one year.
300
These are the two most important things in determining if another planet can support life.
What are temperature and atmosphere?
300
The sun appears to be moving across the sky because of this.
What is the rotation of the Earth on its axis?
300
This is an illustration (using the moon, sun, and Earth) that demonstrates when a lunar eclipse occurs.
See illustration.
300
The information needed in order to study the daylight hours of a specific location.
What is the time of sunrise and sunset for the time period being studied?
400
The definition of a solar eclipse.
What is when the new moon comes directly between the sun and the Earth, blocking the sun?
400
The main source of light and heat that reaches the planets.
What is the sun?
400
This is the explanation as to how the rotation of the Earth makes a day.
What is it takes 24 hours for the Earth to complete one rotation, the side of the Earth facing the sun is experiencing daytime, and the side of the Earth facing away from the sun is experiencing nighttime?
400
The is a diagram that explains why the sun appears to move across the sky.
See board.
400
IN comparing and contrasting a lunar and solar eclipse, these are the ways in which they are alike (at least one) and different (Minimum of three sentences).
What is the lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth's shadow is cast on the moon during the full moon phase, the solar eclipse occurs when the moon's shadow is cast on the Earth during the new moon phase, and both lunar and solar eclipses occur due to the moon, earth, and sun being lined up in the same plane?
500
The definition of a lunar eclipse.
What is when the Earth comes directly between the sun and the full moon, blocking the moon?
500
The planets names, in order, starting with the closest to the sun.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
500
This is an explanation of how the motion of the Earth around the sun makes one year.
What is it takes one year, 365 days, for Earth to travel around the sun and the Earth rotates 365 times during its orbit around the sun?
500
This is an illustration and explanation of how the sun, moon, and Earth are related to the oceans' tides.
See illustration.
500
The five themes of GEOGRAPHY.
What are region, location, movement, place, and human/environment interactions?