Occurs as the Northern Hemisphere moves from summer to winter.
What is fall/autumn?
100
The Earth's rotation causes this.
What is day and night?
200
The side of the moon that always gets light first.
What is the right?
200
When the difference in high and low tides are the least - it occurs when there is a quarter moon, because the Sun and Moon are each "pulling" in opposite directions.
What is neap tide?
200
The tilt of the earth as it travels around the Sun.
What causes seasons?
200
In the Northern Hemisphere, both of these increase until June and decrease until December.
What are the sun's angle and day length?
200
The location the Earth's axis always points.
What is Polaris (the North Star)?
300
The moon phase that occurs when the moon is between the Sun and the Earth.
What is a new moon?
300
Draw a picture explaining spring tides.
What is when the moon and sun are each pulling in the same direction?
300
2 differences between revolution and rotation.
What is one is a day, one is a year. Rotation, is the earth spinning on its axis. Revolution is the earth orbiting the sun.
300
When the north pole gets to the most amount of sun. (draw a picture as well)
What is in summer, when the northern hemisphere is pointed towards the sun?
300
The term for when a full moon rises twice in one month.
What is a blue moon?
400
This occurs once a month - what you see is the whole face of the moon.
What is the full moon?
400
When spring tides occur.
What are full and new moons?
400
If the southern hemisphere is pointing towards the sun.
What is winter in North America, Summer in South America?
400
Why the equator has little temperature change during the year.
What is they are always getting direct sunlight?
400
The moon phase that occurs after a waning crescent.
What is a new moon?
500
On your white board draw the 8 phases of the moon. The sun should be on the right hand side.
What is new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, and waning crescent?
500
When the tidal range is very small.
What is one is a neap tide?
500
The season that occurs while Australia celebrates Christmas.
What is the summer?
500
The distance of Earth from the Sun in winter in the Northern hemisphere.
What is closer to the Sun than in the summer?
500
The moon phase you would see around day 14 of the lunar cycle.