Earth's Physical Properties
Tides
Time and Seasons
Moon Phases
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
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?
100
The object in space that is a hot, ball of gas and fire.
What is the Sun?
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
What are the 4 main phases of the moon?
What are the New moon; First Quarter; Full moon; and Last Quarter
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 Earth's Diameter through the Equator
What is 12,756 km
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
How many days does it take to see all of the phases of the moon?
What is 29.5 days (or about a month)
300
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
400
The average distance of the Earth to the Sun
149,600,000 km
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 percentage of the Moon is visible during the first quarter phase?
50%
400
The shadow of the moon cast on planet earth when you are in complete darkness during a solar eclipse
What is the Umbra
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 degrees longitude contained in one time zone
What is 15 degrees
500
The moon phase that occurs a few days after the full moon
What is waning gibbous
500
A theory suggesting the moon was originally part of the Earth that broke off due to an impact of Earth with another large celestial body.
What is the Giant impact theory