Light
Seasons
Moon Phases
Grab Bag
100
Which color in the spectrum bends the most?
What is violet (or purple)?
100
In what direction is Earth's axis tilted?
Towards Polaris (North Star)
100
What word describes the motion of one object moving around another object?
Orbit
100
Which object is in the middle during a solar eclipse?
The Moon
200
Which color is scattered first as white light enters the atmosphere?
Blue
200
In June, how is the Northern Hemisphere tilted?
Towards the sun
200
How much of the moon is always lit by the Sun?
1/2 or 50%
200
Where does the light we see from the moon originally come from?
The Sun
300
When a white light went through the water with red food coloring, what happened to the red light?
It was transmitted
300
In January, what kind of light is hitting Australia (Southern Hemisphere)?
Direct Light
300
When the unlit side of the moon is facing Earth, what moon phase do we see?
New Moon
300
What must you add to a model to help a viewer identify what they are looking at?
Keys and/or labels
400
As the sun sets on the horizon, the color changes from a yellow to a dark orange/red. Why?
As the white light travels through more amount of medium (air/atmosphere in this case) more colors of light are scattered away.
400
Descirbe the length of day in the arctic circle in this image.
24 hours
400
How does the moon appear to an observer on earth when it is in the highlighted position?
Waxing gibbous, More the 50% of the moon is visible on the right side
400
When Writing an argument using the A.C.E. format, your Citation portion should provide what and where do you find it?
Specific Evidence from a table/graph/map/notebook/etc
500
What interactions (absorbing/reflecting) are happening with each color in the light spectrum so we can see the apple as red?
Red is reflected
All other colors are absorbed
500
How would the day lengths differ throughout the year if you were on the Equator vs being on the Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn?
The day length stays consistent throughout the year on the equator vs. day length gets longer/shorter as throughout the year on the tropics.
500
Draw the position of the Sun, Earth, and moon, when an observer sees this view of the moon from earth?
The moon is in position 7
500
When Writing an argument using the A.C.E. format, your Explanation portion should explain how your _________ supports your _________?
How your Evidence supports your Answer