Solstice/ Equinox
Moon
Rotation/ Revolution
Tides/Eclipse
Grab bag
100
What two days are the solstices?
June 21/22 (Summer) December 21/22 (Winter)
100
Round pits that cover the moon.
Crater
100
The length of one rotation of the Earth
24 hours
100
A total eclipse is visible from here
Umbra
100
What degree tilt is the Earth's axis?
23.5
200
The days of the year that an equinox occurs
March 21/22 (Spring) September 22/23 (Autumnal)
200
The reason that the moons surface varies greatly from day to night
No atmosphere
200
Earth's rotation causes what
Day and Night
200
Tides are caused by this force from the sun and moon acting on Earth
Gravity
200
Two factors that combine to keep Earth and the moon in their orbits
Gravity and Inertia
300
What people in Australia will be having on December 22
First day of summer OR Summer Solstice
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?
365 1/4 days
300
A tide with the least distance between low and high tides
Neap tide
300
Every object in the universe attracts every other object
What is Newtons Law of Universal Gravitation
400
Why the areas of the Earth near the equator are always warmer
Direct sunlight
400
A lunar eclipse can occur during this phase of the moon.
full moon
400
The tilt of the Earth's axis causes this to occur
Seasons
400
Occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun
Solar Eclipse
400
A place you could travel to in December and January and experience 24 hours of sunlight all day long
South pole!
500
Two reasons it is getting colder outside?
Earth's tilt Less direct sunlight hitting northern hemisphere
500
The size of the moon compared to the Earth
About one-fourth of the Earth (Diameter=United States)
500
As the Earth revolves around the Sun, the Earth's axis is always pointed at this object.
The North Star
500
The requirements when the highest tides occur
The sun, Earth and the moon are nearly in a line.
500
The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion
Inertia
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