Moon Phases
Eclipses
Tides
Seasons
Review
100
What are the different shapes of the moon seen from earth?
Phases
100
What is it called when the sun's light is blocked?
Solar Eclipse
100
What is gravity?
Attractive force between two objects
100
How long does one complete rotation take?
1 day/24 hours
100
What is the independent/manipulated variable?
Thing you purposely change
200
When the moon is not lit at all
What is new moon
200
What is it called when the moons light is blocked?
Lunar Eclipse
200
What two factors does gravity depend on?
Magnitude (size) and distance between them
200
How long does one complete revolution take?
1 year
200
What are the dependent and controlled variables?
Results, things that stay the same
300
When moons phases are getting smaller we say it is?
Wanning
300
What moon phase must occur for a lunar eclipse?
Full
300
What moon phases do spring tides occur?
new and full
300
What causes seasons
tilt of earths axis
300
What is an outlier?
number that is a lot greater or lower then all the rest
400
What moon phase must occur for a solar eclipse to happen?
New moon
400
How must the sun, moon, and earth line up for a solar eclipse to occur?
moon passes between earth and sun
400
What moon phase do neap tides occur?
1st and Last quarter
400
What causes day and night?
Rotation on earth's axis
400
What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative observations?
Quantitative uses numbers where qualitative uses qualities
500
Starting with new moon name the 8 phases of the moon in order
new, waxing crescent, 1st quarter, waxing gibbous, full, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent
500
How must the sun, moon, and earth line up for a lunar eclipse to occur?
Earth is between moon and sun
500
What is the difference between spring and neap tides?
Spring Tides have greatest difference between low and high tides where neap have the least difference between low and high tides
500
If the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun. What season will it be in the Southern hemisphere?
Winter
500
What are the 5 steps to the scientific method?
Questions, Hypothesis, Experiment, Interpret Data, Conclusion