Solar System
What are the 4 terrestrial planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes through Earth’s shadow. A lunar eclipse can only occur during a___________
full moon.
What angle is earth's tilt at?
23.5
True or False: The Moon revolves around the Earth.
True.
What causes the seasons?
Tilt of Earth and Orbit
How long does it take to revolve or orbit around the Sun?
What does it cause?
365 days or 1 year
Seasons
What is the word for when the moon is gradually getting smaller?
Waning
Which event occurs only twice each year?
equinox or solstice
The tidal force exerted by the ______ is stronger that the tidal force exerted by the _______. Why?
moon, sun. The moon is closer.
What season is it when Northern hemisphere is titled away from the sun?
Winter
A pattern or a group of stars that people imagine represents a figure, and animal, or object is a ______________
constellation
Does the moon get smaller or larger after a full moon? What is the phase?
Smaller
waning gibbous
How long does it take the Earth to rotate once?
What does it cause?
24 hours
Day and night
Describes the orbit of the Moon around Earth? shape and time
elliptical with a period of about one month
How long is the moon cycle or how long does it take moon to orbit Earth?
about 29 1/2 days or one month
A planet is an object that orbits the sun, is large enough to have become rounded by_______and has cleared the area of its orbits of any debris.
gravity
Moon phase after the new moon?
waxing crescent
What season is the Northern Hemisphere experiencing when it is tilted directly toward the Sun?
summer
Scientists know that Earth is constantly changing. They are familiar with the processes that are repeated daily, monthly, and yearly. What is a natural event that can be predicted to occur monthly?
phases of the moon
What repeating cycle is responsible for the four seasons that occur on Earth?
revolution of Earth around the Sun
A___________ is a streak of light produced when a small piece of rock or ice, known as a meteoroid, burns up as it enters Earth’s atmosphere.
Meteror
What is the moon phase when the moon is between the Earth and the sun?
What does the moon look like?
New Moon
Can't see moon
What would seasons be like if Earth's axis were straight up and down?
There would ne no seasons
What would be the line up for a total solar eclipse
Sun, Moon, Earth
Felicia noticed how air temperatures were cooler and there were fewer hours of daylight during some of the seasons. What all contributes to these seasonal changes?
Earth revolves around the Sun. and tilt