Show:
gravity
rotation, revolution
tides/eclipses
Moon phases/random
final Jeopardy
100
In your own words, explain what Newton's law said about inertia.
What is in order to stop or start a force has to act upon an object?
100
This is the force of the Earth that gives up day and night, and 24 hours in a day.
What is roation?
100
This is why we have tides?
What is the moon and sun's pull on the Earth?
100
This is the term for when the moon's appearance is getting larger?
What is waxing?
100
Which is larger....The umbra during a solar eclipse or the umbra during a lunar eclipse?
What is during a lunar eclipse because the Earth is shading the moon?...Earth is bigger than the moon therefore the shadow is larger.
200
What has more gravity....Jupiter or the Earth???
What is Jupiter because it is larger?
200
This is the force responsible for 365 days in a year.
What is revolution?
200
What is the order of the celestial bodies during a solar eclipse? (what is in the middle, Earth, moon or the sun?)
What is Sun, Moon, Earth? Moon shadows the Earth.
200
This is the term for when the appearance of the moon seems like it is getting smaller.
What is waning?
300
What two factors affect gravity.
What is mass and distance?
300
In a leap year we have _________ days.
What is 366?
300
What is the order of celestial bodies during a lunar eclipse?
What is Sun, Earth, Moon, the Earth shades the moon and makes the shadow larger?
300
This is the phase that occurs right before new moon.
What is waning crescent?
400
On the moon I weigh 30 lbs. If I weigh six times that on Earth how much do I weigh?
What is 180 lbs?
400
What two things give up our seasons?
What is revolution and the tilt of the Earth?
400
Spring tides occur during which of the two moon phases?
What is new moon, and full moon?
400
This is the moon phases that happens during a solar eclipse.
What is new moon?
500
The moon has 1/???? the gravity that Earth has due to its smaller size.
What is 1/6?
500
How many rotations does the Earth complete in two years?
What is 365 x 2 = 730 days or rotations?
500
During which phases do neap tides occur?
What is during 1st and 3rd quarter moon?
500
This is the moon's cycle that occurs during a lunar eclipse?
What is full moon?