Moon Phase
What is larger a gibbous or crescent moon?
Gibbous
What is the center of our solar system?
Sun
What is the imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole?
Earth's axis.
What causes the tides?
The gravitational pull of the moon
What causes the seasons?
Tilt of Earth and Orbit
What is the word for when the moon is gradually getting smaller?
Waning
What does our Sun give us?
Light and Heat
How long does it take the Earth to rotate once?
What does it cause?
24 hours
Day and night
True or False: The Moon revolves around the Earth.
True.
What season is it when Northern hemisphere is titled away from the sun?
Winter
Does the moon get smaller or larger after a full moon? What is the phase?
Smaller
waning gibbous
How long does it take to revolve or orbit around the Sun?
What does it cause?
365 days or 1 year
Seasons
How many times does the Earth rotate on its' axis each year?
365 times.
How is Earth similar to the moon?
Both rotate, revolve, have rocks and are spheres
How long is the moon cycle or how long does it take moon to orbit Earth?
about 29 1/2 days or one month
Moon phase after the new moon?
waxing crescent
How old is the Sun?
Approximately 4.6 billion years old.
How many days does it take for a revolution around the Sun? What do we (on Earth) call the full revolution?
365 Earth days, one year
True or false: the moon has its own light
False
List the Earth, Moon, and Sun in size order
Size (smallest to largest): Moon, Earth, Sun
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
True or False: The Sun does not effect tides, since the Sun has no gravity.
False.
Word for when the Earth goes around the sun in an elliptical path?
Orbit or revolve
When would the tidal changes be least?
During the first and last quarter moon phase.
The Earth has a protective (BLANK) that blocks out most of the Sun's damaging rays.
Atmosphere.