What is the spinning of a body, such as a planet, on its axis
100
Explain a tide
What is daily changes in the level of ocean water
100
What is Earths tilt on it's axis?
What is 23.5
100
What is a season?
What is characterized by a pattern of temputure and other weather trends
200
How many days does the moon take to orbit the earth one time?
What is 27.3
200
What is the definition of a revolution?
What is the motion of a body that travels around another body in space
200
What is the position of the sun, moon, and earth during a neap tide?
What is a 90 degree angle
200
How many hours of light does the surface of Earth that is tilting away from the sun get?
What is less than 12 hours
200
What happens during a Equinox?
What is sunshine shines equally on the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
300
What is the third phase of the moon?
What is first quarter
300
What is the definition of an Equinox?
What is sunlight shines equally on the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
300
What determines when tides occur?
What is the rotation of Earth and the moon's revolution around Earth
300
Does the direction of tilt of Earth's axis remain the same throughout Earth's orbit around the sun?
What is yes
300
How much closer is the earth to the sun in January?
What is 2.5 million killometers
400
What is the umbra
What is the darkest part of a shadow
400
What is the definition of gravity?
What is all bodies that have mass exert a force that pulls other objects with mass toward themselves
400
How many high and low tides are there in one day?
What is 2 high tides and 2 low tides
400
What is used to measure the length of an Earth day?
What is Earth's rotation on it's axis
400
What happens during a solstice?
What is the area of sunlight is at a maximum in one hemisphere and a minimum in the other hemisphere
500
How is the moon visible
What is Earth reflects sunlight that reaches the moon
500
What is the definition of a neap tide?
What is tides that have the smallest daily tidal range
500
How often do neap tides and spring tides occur?
What is both 2 times a month
500
What motion does Earth rotate in?
What is counterclockwise
500
What's the difference of being by the equator and being by the poles?
What is when you are by the equator the temperatures are almost the same year-round and when you are by the poles there are large changes in temperatures from summer to winter