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100

How many seasons are in a year?

4

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What is longitude?

The lines that run North and South that measure east and west?

100

What month is Autumn ?

September 

100

What does "spring tide" mean?

Higher than a high tide due to the gravitational tug of the Sun

100

List the seasons and the month they go with

Spring-March

Summer-June

Fall- Sep

Winter- Dec

200

What is the value of earth's tilt?

23.5 degrees

200

How long does the earth to complete one rotation?

24 hours/1 day

200

How long does it take the earth to complete one orbit around the sun?

365 days

200

Which moon phases does a neap tide occur?

First and last quarter

200

What was the method called that your teacher taught you? and what is the purpose of it

The Line Method 

To see where summer and winter are located 


300

What is the main impact of Earth's Tilt?

The seasons

300

Which two seasons are to the left and right of the sun?

Summer and winter 

300

Our Earth rotates in a __________________ motion from west to east.

Counterclockwise 

300

How many spring and neap tides happen a month?

Twice a month

300

The North Pole tilts ________ from the Sun in the Northern Hemisphere's winter.

away

400

Which part of earth receives the most direct sunlight?

The Equator

400

What is the name of the line that separates day from night?

The circle of Illumination

400

Name one impact of Earth's revolution around the sun.

Seasons

Day length

eclipse

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Which of the following would have the greatest effect on the size of daily tides on Earth? 

  • Slowing the rate of rotation of the Moon. 
  • Increasing the rate of revolution of Earth. 
  • Decreasing the distance between the Moon and Earth.
  • Increasing the distance between the Moon and the Sun. 


  • Decreasing the distance between the Moon and Earth.
400

Draw a picture of the moon phases for a spring tide 

* check whiteboards*

500

Seasons would be significantly changed if which of the following were changed?

  • The speed of Earth’s rotation 
  • The direction of Earth’s orbit 
  • The speed of the Sun’s rotation 
  • The angle of the tilt of Earth’s axis

 

  • The angle of the tilt of Earth’s axis
500

Name 2 effects of Earth's Rotation.

Time of day

Length of day

Temperature (amount of sunlight for each hemisphere)

500

Name 2 effects of Earth's Revolution.

Day length (slightly)

Earth's Seasons (if the earth never revolved around the sun, we would have the same season all the time)

Eclipses 

The tides

500

What is the cause of Earth's tides? How does the sun impact the tides?

1. The gravitational pull of the moon

2. If the moon and sun are aligned, the tides will achieve maximum height.

500

Draw the seasons diagram 

Axis tilted to this way   -----   /

Label the seasons and months 

*check whiteboards *