Solstice/ Equinox
Moon
Rotation/ Revolution
Tides/Eclipse
Grab bag
100
What two days are the solstices?
June 21/22 and December 21/22
100
Round pits that cover the moon.
What is a crater
100
The length of one rotation
24 hours
100
A total eclipse is visible from here
What is the umbra?
100
What degree tilt is the Earth's axis?
23.5
200
On what days do the equinoxes occur?
March 21/22 and September 22/23
200
The reason that the moons surface varies greatly from day to night
What is no atmosphere
200
Earth's rotation causes what
What is day and night
200
Tides are caused by this force from the sun and moon acting on Earth
What is gravity
200
Two factors that combine to keep Earth and the moon in their orbits
What are gravity and inertia
300
What people in Australia will be having on December 22
What is their first day of summer
300
The person who studied the moon and named its features
Who is Galileo?
300
The length of time it take the Earth to complete one revolution?
364 1/4 days
300
A tide with the least distance between low and high tides
What is a neap tide
300
Every object in the universe attracts every other object
What is Newtons Law of Universal Gravitation
400
Why are areas of the Earth near the equator always warmer?
What is direct sunlight
400
A lunar eclipse can occur during this phase of the moon/
What is a full moon?
400
The tilt of the Earth's axis causes this to occur
What is seasons
400
The moon directly between Earth and the sun
What is a solar eclipse
400
Where could you travel, RIGHT NOW, and experience 24 hours of sunlight, all day long?
South pole!
500
Two reasons it is getting colder outside?
What is Earth's tilt, less direct sunlight
500
The size of the moon compared to the Earth
What is about one-fourth of the Earth
500
As the Earth revolves around the Sun, the Earth's axis is always pointed at this object.
What is the North Star
500
When tides are the highest
What is when the sun, Earth and the moon are nearly in a line.
500
The tendency of an object to continue moving in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place
What is inertia
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