Earth
Sun
Moon
This and That
Vocabulary
100
This causes the Earth's seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth?
100
The word "solar" refers to this object.
What is the "sun"?
100
It takes this long for the moon to revolve completely around the Earth.
What is 29 days or about a month?
100
When the moon, earth, and sun are at a 90 degree angle, it causes this type of tide
What is "neap tide"?
100
This word describes the Earth spinning on its axis.
What is "rotating"?
200
A solstice occurs in summer and winter. How does the earth's tilt affect the days during those seasons?
Summer days are longer, Winter days are shorter.
200
The sun is a big fiery ball of gas called this.
What is a "star"?
200
Solar refers to the sun. This term refers to the moon.
What is "lunar"?
200
It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.
What is 24 hours?
200
This imaginary line goes from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth.
What is the "axis"?
300
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 1/4 days?
300
The sun rises in this direction.
What is the "east"?
300
During this phase of the moon, we can see no light from the moon.
What is a "new moon"?
300
Why does the moon affect earth's tides more even though the sun is much bigger than the moon.
What is "the moon is closer"?
300
This term is used to describe the phase of the moon when we see all of the lit side.
What is "full moon"?
400
When it is winter in North America, it is this in Australia.
What is "summer"?
400
This occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth, blocking some the the sun's light.
What is a "solar eclipse"?
400
During this process, the moon moves through the Earth's shadow, and cannot be seen for a short time.
What is a "lunar eclipse"?
400
In this graph, what is the manipulated (independent) and outcome (dependent) variable?
M: month
O: temperature
400
As we see less and less of the lit part of the moon, we say that it is doing this.
What is "waning"?
500
The imaginary line horizontally around the middle of the Earth.
What is the "equator"?
500
This is how the sun's rays strike the Earth in the summer.
What is "directly"?
500
During which phase is the moon closest to the sun?
What is "new moon?"
500
If the rotation period of the earth increased by 6 hours, then how would the days on earth be affected?
What is "days would be longer"?
500
A super high tide or low tide caused when the sun, earth, and moon are in a straight line
What is the "spring tide"