Day and Night
How does Earth rotate around its axis?
Anticlockwise
Which season is the opposite of summer?
Winter
How are the phases of the moon a cycle?
The phases make up a sequence of events that happens over and over again.
What are the parts of the tide cycle?
Earth takes 24 hours to complete one full ______________.
rotation
How does Earth's rotation cause day and night?
The side facing the sun is day time. the side not facing the sun is night time.
That movement of Earth around the sun is called?
Revolution
Where does the moon get it's light from?
Earth changes from season to season as it continues its trip around the sun is called a(n) _______________.
revolution
How long does Earth rotate around its axis?
24 hours or 1 day
How long does it take the Earth to revolve around the sun?
365 days or 1 year
How do a first-quarter moon and a third-quarter moon differ?
What causes high and low tides?
The moons gravitational pole.
The way the moon's gravity changes the height of the ocean is known as the ___________.
Tide
Why can't we see the sun at night?
At night, our part of Earth is facing away from the sun.
What four-part cycle do we experience as Earth makes on revolution?
summer
winter
fall
spring
About how often do we see a big, round ball when you look at the moon?
Once a month
When a low tide happen on one side of Earth, what happens on the opposite side?
Low tide
The seasons on Earth change because of the tilt of Earth's __________.
axis
Suppose Earth stood still. What would happen to the cycle of day and night?
What season do we experience when we are closer to the sun?
summer
The moon takes the same amount of time to rotate one time as it does to revolve one time around Earth.
How does the same beach look different at low tide and high tide?
Low tides, we see more of the beach.
High tides. we see more of the water hitting the beach.
When Earth changes from summer to fall, fall to winter, and winter to spring. We call this the four ____________.