tides and more
The moon
the earth
earth, moon, sun
what am I?
100
Tides are caused mainly by
What is differences in how much the moon pulls on different parts of Earth.
100
Maria on the moon’s surface were formed by ancient
What is lava flows
100
Earth’s rotation takes about
What is 24 hours
100
An equinox occurs when
What is neither end of Earth’s axis is tilted toward or away from the sun.
100
All objects are attracted to each other by the force of
What is gravity
200
When do neap tides occur?
What is when the sun’s pull is at right angles to the moon’s
200
Galileo saw that much of the moon’s surface is covered with round pits called
What is craters
200
Day and night are caused by
What is earths rotation on its axis
200
For a solar eclipse to occur,
What is the moon must be directly between Earth and the sun.
200
The strength of the force of gravity depends on
What is the masses of the objects and the distance between them.
300
Tides are caused by the force of ____________________ from the sun and moon acting on Earth.
What is gravity
300
Where might water be found on the moon?
What is near the poles
300
One complete revolution of Earth around the sun takes about
What is one year
300
A total solar eclipse is visible from
What is only within the moon’s umbra.
300
The tendency of a moving object to continue moving in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place is called
What is inertia
400
The darkest part of the moon’s shadow is called the ____________________.
What is umbra
400
How large is the moon compared to Earth?
What is about one-fourth the diameter of Earth
400
Earth has seasons because
What is its axis is tilted as it moves around the sun.
400
During a total lunar eclipse the moon is in Earth’s
What is umbra
400
The amount of matter in an object is called the
What is mass
500
Day and night are caused by Earth’s _________ on its axis.
What is rotation
500
The temperature of the moon’s surface varies greatly from day to night because the moon has
What is no atmosphere
500
In the Southern Hemisphere, the summer solstice occurs when the sun is
What is farthest south
500
The times when day and night are of equal length are called ____________________.
What is equinoxes
500
Galileo called the dark, flat parts of the moon ____________________ because they looked like seas.
What is maria
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