Seasons
What are FOUR seasons?
8 phases
What are moon phases?
The alternate rise and fall of the oceans
What are tides?
What are the two main types of eclipses
What are solar and lunar eclipses?
Close together, rocky, dense and smaller
What are the inner planets?
Name Earth's two hemispheres
What is the northern and southern hemisphere
The change in appearance of the Moon as it makes one full revolution around Earth.
The beach and underwater environment are exposed and vice versa, the environment becomes flooded with ocean water.
Low and High tide
Occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun.
What is solar eclipse?
Father apart, mostly gas, less dense, larger, longer orbit.
What are the outer planets?
The Northern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, most direct sunlight, longer days and North Pole as constant dayligh.
What is SUMMER in Northern Hemisphere?
This phase is where direct sunlight hits the back side of the Moon and appears unlit from Earth.
What is a New Moon?
A Full or New moon are present during this
What are spring tides?
This occurs when Earth passes between the moon and the Sun. The Earth casts a shadow on the Moon blocking all or portion of it.
What is a lunar eclipse?
This is what causes the planets to orbit in our solar system
What is the sun's gravity?
The longest or shortest days of the year, sun reaches the highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, happens once during summer and once during winter.
What are solstices?
The lighted part of the moon as seen from Earth is increasing, the light on the right is new and bright.
What is a waxing crescent?
The sun, Earth, and Moon form a 90-degree angle, the smallest difference between high and low tides, 1st and 3rd quarter moon.
What are neap tides?
The darkest part of the shadow OR the area of partial shadow surrounding the total shadow cast by the Earth or Moon.
All planets do this counterclockwise around the SUN
What is orbit (or revolve)?
The opposite of solstice and happens in September and March.
What are equinoxes?
What is halfway or 50% of the cycle.
Bay of Fundy or Alaska
Where is the most noticeable tides witnessed?
This is when you can see a thin ring of light emerging from the outside rim of the moon.
What is annular eclipse?
All planets spin on their axis counterclockwise except
What is Venus and Uranus