How many high tides occur in a 24 hour time period?
What is 2?
100
This occurs when a shadow makes the Sun or the Moon seem to grow dark.
What is an ECLIPSE?
100
Draw a NEW moon :)
What is a blank slate? HA!
100
What would happen to our day if the Earth rotated faster?
It would be shorter.
200
Who's rotation takes exactly 24 hours?
The Earth's
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
How long does it take for the moon to orbit the Earth?
about one month
300
The North Pole points away from the sun during what season?
Winter
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
Draw a Waxing Gibbous Moon.
What is an "anti-banana" shape?
300
How long would it take for the moon to rotate on it's own axis?
about one month
400
This occurs on a day with 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness.
An equinox
400
Draw the positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth during a Spring Tide.
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
Draw the positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon during a first quarter Moon.
What is a 90 degree angle?
400
Why do we always see the same side of the moon?
because its period of rotation equals its period of revolution (29.5 days for each)
500
How many times each year do we h ave days in which the day and night are equal in duration?
2
500
Draw the positions of Sun, Moon, and Earth during Neap Tides.
What are 1st and 3rd Quarter?
500
Can the sun be seen at all if a solar eclipse is a Total Solar Eclipse?
YES
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
During the formation of the solar system, as the dust particles began to stick together and grow in size withing the collapsing nebula, they formed the tiny building blocks to the planets called.....