Earth
Moon Phases
Eclipses & Tides
Gravity & EM Spectrum
Miscellaneous
100
Fill in the blank: The Earth revolves around the _____.
Sun
100
The approximate amount of time between moon phases.
Approximately 3.5 days
100
The Moon Phases that cause Spring Tides.
New and Full moons
100
The radiation with the longest wavelength.
Radio Waves
100
Draw a diagram of a full moon phase.
200
The cause of a year on Earth.
Earth's Revolution around the Sun
200
How much of the moon is always illuminated by the sun?
Half of the moon
200
The moon phase that is occurring during a total lunar eclipse.
Full Moon
200
The type of radiation with a wavelength that is shorter than infrared and longer than ultraviolet.
Visible light
200
The amount of days it takes the Moon to complete one cycle of phases.
Approximately 29.5 days
300
Why can the Moon can be seen at night from Earth?
The Moon reflects light from the sun
300
Draw the phase that would come after a third quarter phase.
What is a waning crescent?
300
The phases of the moon that create the lowest tidal range.
First and Third quarter moon phases
300
The type of radiation that has a higher frequency than visible light and a lower frequency than x-rays.
Ultraviolet
300
The season that occurs in the northern hemisphere when the southern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun.
Winter
400
Seasons are caused by this.
The tilt of Earth's axis
400
Draw a first quarter moon phase.
400
Draw a solar eclipse. Label the moon phase this occurs during and label the earth, sun, and moon.
The new moon phase
400
Describe the two factors that have an impact on gravity and how they affect gravity.
MASS, the more massive the object the greater its gravity, and DISTANCE, the closer two objects are the stronger the gravity between them
400
Describe how the Earth, Sun, and Moon are positioned relative to one another during a New Moon and why this causes us to see what we see.
The Moon is between the Sun and Earth so we only see the dark side of the Moon because the lighted side is facing away from Earth
500
The rotation of Earth causes this.
Night and day
500
The Moon Phase you will be in after 11 days if you are currently seeing a waning gibbous.
The New Moon
500
Describe why more people can see a lunar eclipse than a solar eclipse.
Because the Earth's shadow is larger so the entire Moon fits in the umbra; only people in the Moon's umbra can see a total eclipse during a solar eclipse (moon has a smaller shadow)
500
Describe how frequency and wavelength are related to one another.
As frequency increases, wavelength decreases (or vice versa)
500
Describe the reason why the same side of the moon always faces the Earth.
Because the Moon's period of rotation is the same as its period of revolution