Sun, Earth, Moon 1
Tides
Sun, Earth, Moon 3
Sun, Earth, Moon 4
Sun, Earth, Moon Bonus
100
Earth rotates on its axis once every ...
What is 24 hours
100
Tides are at their peak during these moon phases becasue the pull of gravity is the strongest.
What are the Full moon and new moon
100
Earth is tilted toward the sun and there are more hours of daylight. What season is it?
What is Summer
100
What are the 4 main phases of the moon?
What are the New moon; First Quarter; Full moon; and Last Quarter
100
What percentage of the Moon is visible during the first quarter phase?
50%
200
The Earth's rotation causes _______ and ______.
What are day and night?
200
Tides are highest during these times of the day.
What is morning and evening.
200
Winter is colder because ________________.
What is the Earth is tilted away from the sun.
200
How many days does it take to see all of the phases of the moon?
What is 29.5 days (or about a month)
200
What planet is one of the small, rocky planets in our solar system and is the only planet that can support life?
Earth
300
The Moon is this size of the Earth across the widest part.
What is the Moon is 1/4 the size of the Earth across (diameter)
300
High tide and low tide happen how many times per day?
What is 2x or twice (2) per day?
300
The Earth's revolution around the Sun causes _______.
What are Seasons?
300
This diagram represents the four seasons. Name them in counter-Clockwise order based upon the location of the star, which is North America.
Fall, Summer, Spring, Winter
300
The object in space that is a hot, ball of gas and fire.
What is the Sun?
400
The mass of the Moon is this fraction of the Earth?
What is 1/20 the mass of the earth.
400
True or False:
High Tide and low Tides happen in a relatively even flow daily.
True
400
In this diagram, North America is experiencing winter because?
What is North America is on the side of the Earth not facing the Sun directly.
400
What season is North America and the Earth's axis tilted directly away from the Sun.
What is winter?
400
This object is a satellite of the Earth, reflects the suns rays at all times, even during the day, unless there is a lunar eclipse.
What is the moon?
500
When the Earth orbits the Sun, the Moon is still orbiting this object.
What is the Earth?
500
During the first quarter moon, and the last (third) quarter moon the high tides aren't quite so high because of this?
What is the pull of gravity from the moon and the sun are working against each other.
500
The approximate age of the Sun.
What is 4.6 billion years old?
500
The make believe point at which the Earth rotates is called the ___.
What is an axis?
500
Consider these objects: soccer ball, football, tennis ball and a paint ball. If the earth is the Tennis ball, then the Moon is the ?
Paintball