Earth's Motion
The Earth makes one _________ every 24 hours as it spins on its axis.
rotation
To grow means..
Wax
A ______ eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly between the sun and the Earth.
solar
What do we call the periodic rising and falling of the surface level of ocean water..
Tides
A dark flat area on the moon's surface filled with hardened lava is called?
Mare
The Earth makes one ________ around the sun every 365.25 days.
revolution
The moon phase in which less than half of the moon's sunlit side is visible.
Crescent
A ______ eclipse occurs when the Earth passes directly between the sun and the moon.
Lunar
A _______ tide has the greatest range between low and high tides.
Spring
Every object in the universe attracts every other object, depending on their masses and distances from one another
Law of Universal Gravitation
Does the moon rise every day at the same time?
NO
T OR F: Equinoxes occur when neither hemisphere is tilted towards the sun (think spring and fall)
True
A _______ tide has the lowest range between low and high tides.
neap
The _______'s surface has no water, wind, atmospheres and extreme temperatures.
Moon
The earth rotates on an axis of _________.
23.5 degrees
As the moon orbits the Earth people only see its _____ side
Sunlit
T OR F: Solstices occur with neither hemisphere is tilted towards the sun (think winter and summer)
FALSE. At summer solstices the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun while at winter solstice is it tilted away from the sun
True or false. There are two areas on Earth where high or low tides occur at the same time.
TRUE
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
The greater the mass of an object, the greater the _____________________ of that object.
Gravitational pull
The moons gravity is about ______ of Earth's gravity.
1/6th
During a total lunar eclipse, the earth blocks sunlight form the moon. SO how is it possible for us to still "see" the moon?
The Earth's atmosphere is reflected by the moon causing the moon's color to appear from gray to copper!
How many high tides will occur in a day? How many low tides?
2 and 2
What do you call a large round depression that has been created by the impact of a meteoroid?
Crater