Tides
These are caused by the gravitational interaction between Earth and the Moon.
What are tides?
I am what the scientist manipulates in the experiment.
What is the Independent variable
The relative positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth
What causes the phases of the moon?
Earth passes between the Moon and the Sun
What is a lunar eclipse?
The tilt of the Earth.
What causes seasons?
The Sun, the Moon, and Earth are lined up in a straight line.
What causes the highest of high tides and the lowest of low tides to occur?
Theories change over time when _____ ________ are made.
What is new discoveries?
These phases can be found when the sun, moon and earth create a 90 degree angle.
What is the 1st and 3rd quarter?
The phase of the moon during a lunar eclipse.
What is a full moon.
This is the prefix that means sun.
What is helio?
A tide that occurs when the Earth, Moon, and Sun are aligned, resulting in higher high tides and lower low tides.
What is a spring tide?
The same scientist does the same experiment multiple times.
What is repetition?
This phenomenon can also occur during a new moon.
What is a solar eclipse?
The Moon passes between the Sun and Earth
What is a solar eclipses?
A streak of light going across part of the sky.
What is a Meteor?
A moderate tide that occurs when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other, which happens during the first and third quarter moon phases
What is a neap tide?
The following is an example of....
If fertilizer is used, then the plant will grow taller, because it will have the nutrients required.
What is a hypothesis?
These phases can be seen when the earth, moon and sun are aligned in a straight line.
What are the new moon and full moon?
The phase of the moon during a solar eclipse.
What is a new moon?
Forces that keep the moon in orbit around Earth.
What are gravity and inertia?
Two high and two low.
What are the number of tides experienced in a day?
This is what is measured in an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
This is the sixth phase of the moon, and the moon's shape decreases until it is half illuminated.
What is Waning gibbous?
Aug. 12, 2045
What is the next time a total solar eclipse will be seen in Florida?
Scientists, including Aristotle and Ptolemy, had developed an early model of the solar system.
What is the geocentric (Earth centered) model of the solar system?