Earth Sun Moon
Where would you find almost 24 hours of daylight?
The north pool durning summer
First Moon Phase
New Moon
What hemisphere do we live in?
Northern
The rise and fall of water
tides
The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
Orbit
Longest day of the year
Summer Solstice
A Lunar eclipse can occur only during the ?
New moon
If it is spring in the Southern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Northern?
Autumn/ Fall
A _____ tide occurs when the sun is at a right angle to the line between Earth and the moon.
Neap
An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles, about which Earth rotates
Axis
As Earth rotates on its axis, half of the earth is lightened by the sun, and half is dark. The lightened half of the earth represents the portion experiencing what?
Day
In order to have an eclipse the moon sun and earth have to be?
What causes the seasons to change?
Earth's tilt in relation to the sun and its revolution around the sun.
A ______ tide occurs when the sun earth moon are nearly in a line
Spring
Caused by the tilt of Earth on its axis as it revolves around the Sun
Seasons
ABOUT how long does it take for the Earth to rotate once?
24 hours
What moon phase comes after a full moon
Waning gibbous
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, on which day of the year will your hometown receive the most daylight
June / June 21
Extreme High tides and Extreme Low Tides happen when?
Spring Tide
A complete or partial hiding of the sun caused by the moons passing between the sun and the earth.
Eclipse
Shortest day of the year
Winter Solstice
New moon
waxing crescent
first quarter
waxing gibbous
full moon
waning gibbous
last quarter
waning crescent
Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature year round?
It receives the same amount of direct sunlight year round.
Tony waits for a spring tide to bring the best surfing waves in his area. He knows that the moon affects the tides, so which moons does he wait for?
Full moon and new moon
Each of the two times of the year when days and nights are of equal length