Seasons
What season occurs in the Northern Hemisphere when the North Pole is tilted toward the Sun?
What is summer?
What angle is the Earth's tilt in relation to its orbit around the Sun?
What is 23.5 degrees?
What causes ocean tides?
What are gravitational forces?
What phase of the Moon is directly between Earth and the Sun?
What is the new moon?
What force pulls the Earth towards the Sun?
What is gravity?
Which season begins around March 21st in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is spring?
How does Earth's tilt contribute to seasonal temperature changes?
What is it affects the angle of sunlight?
How many high tides typically occur in a 24-hour period?
What is two?
How does the position of the Sun affect the tides?
What is it adds gravitational pull during spring tides?
How does gravity affect the movement of the Moon around the Earth?
What is it keeps the Moon in orbit?
How does the tilt of the Earth affect the length of days and nights during summer?
What is longer days and shorter nights?
Describe how the tilt of the Earth affects the climate in different parts of the world.
What is it creates varying climates (tropical, temperate, polar)?
What is the difference between spring and neap tides?
What are spring tides are higher and neap tides are lower?
Describe the arrangement of the Earth, Moon, and Sun during a solar eclipse.
What is the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun?
Explain how gravitational forces from the Sun and Moon work together to create tides.
What is they both pull on Earth's water?
What happens to the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere when it's summer in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is it becomes winter?
Why does the tilt of Earth cause different seasons at different times of the year?
What is it changes the directness of sunlight?
When do spring tides occur in relation to the Moon and Sun?
What is during full and new moons?
What is the position of the Earth, Moon, and Sun during a lunar eclipse?
What is Earth is between the Moon and the Sun?
What role does gravity play in the Earth's orbit around the Sun?
What is it keeps Earth in a stable orbit?
Name the position of Earth in relation to the Sun that causes the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the summer solstice?
Illustrate how the tilt of the Earth affects the Sun's path in the sky during winter.
What is the Sun's path is lower in the sky?
Predict the effect of the Moon being farther from Earth on ocean tides.
What is lower tides?
Explain how the gravitational pull of the Sun affects ocean tides compared to the Moon.
What is the Sun's pull is weaker but still affects tides?
Describe how the strength of gravity changes with distance from the Earth.
What is gravity decreases as distance increases?