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Seasons
Tides
Eclipses
Moon Phases
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What is the MAIN reason for season on Earth?
What is the TILT of Earth's axis?
100
What 2 bodies cause the tides?
What is the sun and the moon?
100
This occurs when a shadow makes the Sun or the Moon seem to grow dark.
What is an ECLIPSE?
100
When we see a all of the moon lit up
What is a New Moon
100
6 trillion miles?
What is how far ligh will travel in 1 year?
200
What is the degree of Earth's axial tilt?
What is 23.5 degrees?
200
What is the MAIN reason for the cause of the tides?
What is Moon's gravitational pull on Earth.
200
This is the darkest part of the eclipse shadow.
What is the UMBRA?
200
Which comes first...Waxing or Waning?
What is Waxing?
200
This is measured on the x axis of the H-R diagram.
What is a star's temperaure?
300
What two months do Equinox's occur?
What is March & September?
300
Which type of tides have the GREATEST tidal range?
What are Spring Tides?
300
This occurs when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are in a direct line with each other, so that the Sun is completely blocked from Earth's view.
What is a SOLAR ECLIPSE?
300
This is bigger than a quater moon
What is a gibbous moon?
300
small hot but dim stars
What are white dwarfs!
400
What two months do Solstices occur?
What is December and June?
400
During what moon phase can Spring Tide occur.
What is Full and New moons?
400
This occurs when Earth is located between the Sun and Moon, such that Earth blocks the Sun's light from directly striking the Moon.
What is a LUNAR ECLIPSE?
400
What is the angle between earth moon and sun during a quater moon.
What is a 90 degree angle?
400
The crest of one wave to the next.
What is wavelength?
500
On what date does the Sun shine directly overhead over the Tropic of Cancer?
What is June 21, 2013 (summer solstice)
500
During this moon phases we can have a NEAP tide
What are 1st and 3rd Quarter?
500
What is moon phases during a solar eclipse
What is a new moon?
500
List the Moon phases in order from New to New.
What is New, Waxing Crescent, 1st Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, 3rd Quarter, Waning Crescent, New Moon.
500
light travels at this speed?
What is 186,000 mps?