The UNIVERSE
EARTH'S MOTIONS
SEASONS/TIDES
MOON PHASES
POTPOURRI
100
The is Sun is just one of the billions of stars that make up the ______________ Galaxy.
What is Milky Way
100
Earth moves around the Sun in an _______________ pattern or movement.
What is ELLIPTICAL or ELLIPSE
100
The Earth's _______ does not change as it orbits the sun. This is what causes the seasons.
What is TILT
100
The moon can create its own light? (TRUE OR FALSE)
What is FALSE
100
Periodic rise and fall of the ocean's surfaces caused by gravitational pull of SUN EARTH AND MOON.
What is (are) TIDES
200
Scientists used to believe the ___________ was the center of the universe.
What is The Earth
200
What keeps the Earth moving around the Sun in the fashion it does?
What is SUNS GRAVITATIONAL PULL
200
Earth sits on an axis that measures _____________ degrees.
What is 23.5
200
Phase after waxing crescent, before waxing gibbous.
What is FIRST QUARTER
200
High tides higher than normal...low tides lower than normal.
What is SPRING TIDE
300
Objects in the solar system orbit the Sun because the sun contains about _________ percent of the solar system's __________.
What is 99% and MASS
300
The orbit of an object around another object is ___________.
What is REVOLUTION
300
This occurs when Earth's rotation axis is tilted neither toward or away from the sun.
What is an EQUINOX
300
Phase after FULL MOON.
What is WANING GIBBOUS
300
Neap tides happen during what two moon phases?
What is FIRST QUARTER - LAST QUARTER
400
The Sun is about __________ times wider than the Earth.
What is 100 TIMES
400
The distance between the Earth and the Sun is not always the same? (TRUE OR FALSE)
What is TRUE
400
When Earth's rotation axis is pointed directly toward and away from the sun a summer and winter _____________ happens.
What is a SOLSTICE
400
The side of the moon that does not face Earth.
What is the FAR SIDE.
400
Spring tides happen during what two moon phases?
What is FULL MOON - NEW MOON
500
The second largest object in the Solar System is
What is Jupiter
500
The spin of an object around its axis is called:
What is rotation
500
What two months does an EQUINOX occur in?
What is March and September
500
It takes ________ days for all moon phases to happen. The moon orbits Earth once every ________ days.
What is 30 DAYS and 27.3 DAYS
500
How many tides does the Earth experience daily. (TOTAL)
What is 4
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