Moon Phases
How many Phases of the Moon are there in total?
8
What causes the seasons on Earth?
The Earth's Tilt on its Axis
A force that pulls everything toward a massive object.
What is Gravity?
The half of the Earth covered in Darkness is experiencing...
Night
How long is one cycle of Moon Phases
29.5 days
If the part of Earth we live in is tilted toward the sun, what season is it?
Summer
Gravity pulls objects on earth in which direction?
Down
What causes Day and Night?
Earth's Rotation
The phases of the moon are caused by what?
The moon's revolution/orbit around earth.
If the part of Earth we live in is tilted away from the sun, what season is it?
Winter
If a cup filled with water has a hole in it the water drains and falls down. If you tilt the cup to the side which way would the water fall?
Down
Shadows are smallest during what time?
Noon/12pm
We can only see the moon in the sky from the light of the sun reflecting off of it. Why do we see less of the moon as it goes through phases?
The moon is directly in between the earth and sun so it does not reflect light to earth.
Why does the summer has longer days and more hours of sunlight?
The earth is tilted toward the sun causing more direct sunlight to hit the Earth.
The force of the rocket is greater than the force of gravity.
If Johnny measures his shadow at 8am, then measures it again at 11am he will see his shadow getting ...
Smaller
What moon phase is after the Waxing Gibbous?
Full Moon
Why are the constellations we see in June different from the constellations we see in January?
The Earth's position changes as it revolves/orbits around the sun.
Objects on Earth are pulled toward the Earth's ...
center/core
If Mary measures her shadow at 9am, then measures it again at 9pm, what will have changed?