The motion of a body that travels around another body in space.
100
What are the quarters in the moon phase?
First and third.
100
The shadow of earth falls on the moon. What eclipse is this?
Lunar exlipse
100
TRUE OR FALSE: When it is summer in the northern hemisphere, it is summer all around the world.
FALSE
100
What determines the length of a day?
The time it takes earth to make one full rotation.
200
What is a year?
Earth completes a full revolution around the sun in 365 and 1/4 days.
200
What is the first phase of the moon phase.
New moon.
200
The _____________ is the darkest part of the shadow called...
Umbra
200
DEFINITIONS: The time it takes a planet to complete one full rotation on its axis in a day is called...
A day
300
Definition of gravity
All bodies that have mass exert a force that pulls other objects with mass towards themselves.
300
What are the first 5 phases of the moon phase? Starting with the new moon?
New moon, waining crescent, third quarter, waining gibbous, full moon
300
The spreading cone of the lighter shadow is called the ...
Penumbra
300
EARTH: What degree is Earth tilted at in its axis?
23.5°F
300
What is characterized by a pattern of temperature and other weather trends?
A season.
400
At a ______________, the area of sunlight is at a maximum in one hemisphere and again minimum in the other.
Solstice
400
How long does it take the moon to orbit earth once?
27.3 days
400
RANDOM QUESTION: The spinning of a body, such as a planet, on its axis is called...
Rotation
400
What causes spring tides?
When the sun, moon, and Earth form a straight line.
400
RANDOM QUESTION: What side is the light on the moon lit up during a waxing gibbous?
The right side
500
What is character by a pattern of temperature and other weather trends?
Seasons
500
How does the appearance of the moon change?
As the moon revolves around earth, the portion of the moon that reflects sunlight back to earth changes causing the moons appearance to change. Also know as the lunar eclipse.
500
What happens during a solar eclipse?
When the moon is directly between the sun and the Earth.
500
VOCABULARY: What is a tidal range?
It is the difference between the levels of ocean water at a high tide and low tide.
500
About how many hours of daylight do be experience on an average day?