The Solar System
Moon Phases
Eclipses
Tides
Seasons
100
True or False: The Earth revolves around the Sun?
True!
100
How many moon phases are there?
8
100
What are the two types of eclipses?
Solar and lunar
100
The moon's 'what' is the reason for the tides?
Gravity!
100
Name Australia's four seasons.
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
200
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, J_____, S______, Uranus, N______
Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune
200
Is a New Moon at the beginning of the moon phases, or in the middle?
Beginning
200
Which eclipse takes place at night time?
Lunar eclipse
200
Does the moon's gravity pull the water on Earth towards the moon, or away from the moon?
Towards!
200
What months of the year are in Winter in Australia?
June, July and August
300
What is the fourth planet from the Sun?
Mars
300
What is the difference between waxing and waning?
Waxing means the moon is growing, waning means the moon is shrinking
300
For a lunar eclipse, the two types of shadow are called the Umbra and the...?
Penumbra
300
How many high and low tides do we have each day?
Two high tides and two low tides.
300
What three things can animals do during Winter?
Hibernate, migrate and adapt
400
What number planet away from the Sun is Neptune?
8
400
What moon phase is this?
Waning crescent
400
Identify the parts of the diagram indicated with a letter:
A: Sun
B: Earth
C: Penumbra
D: Umbra
E: Moon
400
During the first quarter moon and the last quarter moon, what special type of high tide is experienced?
Neap tide - a smaller high tide
400
What are two things animals have to do before they hibernate?
Get fat; get fluffy; build a shelter
500
Why is Pluto no longer a planet?
It is a dwarf planet, because it is too small!
500
What moon phase is this?
Waxing gibbous
500
What are the unlabelled parts of this diagram?
500
'Spring tides' are extra high tides that occur when?
During a New Moon and a Full Moon
500
What word beginning with 'D' describes what plants do during the Winter months?
They go Dormant.