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Moon Phases
Seasons
Rotation and Revolution
Eclipses
Gravity and Tides
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The number of days it takes the moon to pass from the full moon phases to the new moon phase
What is about 14 days (14.75)
100
The longest day of the year occurs at the
What is the summer solstice
100
How long does it take the Earth to rotate on its axis
What is 24 hours
100
People in the umbra cast by the moon will see a
What is a total solar eclipse
100
What causes tides
What is the moon's gravitational pull on the Earth
200
The waxing-cresent moon occurs directly before what moon phase
What is first quarter moon
200
The Earth has 4 seasons due to
What is Earth's tilted axis and its revolution around the Sun
200
How many times does the Earth rotate in a month?
What is 30 times
200
When the moon passes through the umbra of the Earth's shadow what type of eclipse occurs
What is a total lunar eclipse
200
How many tides do we have each day
What is 4 total (2 high and 2 low)
300
The new moon occurs directly before what moon phase
What is the waxing cresent
300
The imaginary line that extends through Earth from the North pole to the South pole
What is an axis
300
As seen looking down on the Earth from above the North Pole, the Earth is rotating
What is counter clockwise
300
A solar eclipse occurs at what moon phase
What is a new moon
300
What type of tides occur when the sun and moon are lined up with the Earth
What is a spring tide
400
The phases of the moon are caused by
What is the moon's revolution around the Earth
400
The vernal equinox marks the beginning of what season
What is spring
400
The reason the sun appears to set in the west
What is the earth turns away from the sun
400
A lunar eclipse occurs during which moon phase
What is a full moon
400
When the moon and sun are at right angles to the Earth, the shore experiences what type of tide
What is a neap tide
500
Why do we always see the same side of the moon?
The moon's revolves around the Earth and rotates on its axis in the same amount of time (27.3 days)
500
The reason that the length of our days and nights changes is the
What is axis of the Earth is tilted
500
One complete revolution of the Earth around the Sun is equal to one
What is a year
500
What type of eclipse occurs when an object is in the penumbra
What is a partial eclipse
500
How many hours are bewteen a high tide and a low tide? When will we have a high tide again?
What is 6 hours and 12 minutes, next high tide will be 12 hours later