Time and Motion
The Earth takes about this amount of time to revolve around the sun?
365 1/4 days
The number of seasons on Earth.
What is four?
Tidal changes on Earth are driven primarily by which object?
What is the Moon?
Solar eclipses may only occur during this Moon phase.
What is New Moon?
The shape of the moon seems to change because...?
The moon revolves around Earth
The near circular path a smaller takes around a larger object
What is orbit or revolution?
The beginning of winter, and the shortest day of the year, is referred to as this.
What is the winter solstice?
Unusually high tides that arise from an alignment of the Earth, Moon, and Sun.
What are spring tides?
Lunar eclipses may only occur during this Moon phase.
What is Full Moon?
The Moon phase that comes directly after the new moon is the.....
the waxing crescent
This is caused by the Earth's rotation.
What are day and night?
What is the term that refers to having equal amounts of day and night?
What is an equinox?
Neap tides are caused by this.
The Earth, Moon, and Sun forming a 90 degree angle.
In the moments before a totality, this bright spot phenomenon may be observed.
What is the diamond ring? OR What are Bailey beads?
The percentage of the Moon that is visible during the first quarter phase.
50%
Shira looked up one night and saw a full moon. This is the length of time until she can see a full moon again?
What is ABOUT one month?
The longest day of the year (in the northern hemisphere) occurs on this date.
What is June 21st?
We experience this many tides a day (high and low).
What is 4?
The reason we don't experience eclipses every revolution of the Moon?
What is the tilt in the Moon's orbit.
The moon phase where the moon is not visible on Earth
What is the NEW MOON?
We give this name to the line separating the day and night (lit and dark) side of the Moon.
What is the terminator?
The place on the Earth which receives the most sunlight, on average, for the year.
What is the equator?
The amount of time that it takes for the tides to change.
What is 6 hours?
Solar eclipses are possible because of this perceived relationship between the Moon and the Sun.
In a waxing moon, the light is on the....
right