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the moon
equinox/solstice
tides
time zones
eclipses / ect
100
when the moon is closer to the earth is it called perigee or apogee
What is perigee
100
the vernal equinox begins the season of : summer , winter or spring
What is spring
100
How many high and low tides are there each day : two, four or six
What is two : two high and two low
100
What time zone is New Jersey in : Central, Eastern , Mountain or Pacific
What is Eastern
100
what is the order of the celestial bodies in a lunar eclipse: sun, moon , earth or sun , earth , moon
What is sun earth moon : the earth casts a shadow on the moon because the moon crosses in the earth's shadow
200
when the moon is closer to Earth : the weaker the gravitation pull or the stronger the gravitational pull
What is the stronger the gravitational pull or attraction
200
True or False : June 21st begins the season of summer all over the earth
What is false
200
during the neap tides: if must be half moon ( 1st or 3rd quarter) or it must be a full moon
What is it must be a half moon , 1st or 3rd quarter
200
California is located in what time zone: Eastern, mountain, central or Pacific
What is Pacific
200
the seasons are caused by the Earth's : equator or tilted axis
What is tilted axis
300
we don't see the dark side of the moon because : the moon rotates too slow and revolves too fast or the moon revolves and rotates at the same rate
What is the moon revolves and rotates at the same rate
300
True or False : Equinoxes are days the mark a change in the season
What is true
300
the highest tides in the world are in : London, Canada or the US
What is canada
300
how many time zones are there in the world: 12 , 24 or 4
What is 24
300
the earth rotates for east to west or west to east
What is west to east
400
the phases of the moon depend on the positions of : what 3 bodies: sun , earth moon , : or stars, asteroids and meteoroids
What are the sun , earth , moon
400
when it is winter in the northern hemisphere it is : what season in the southern hemisphere: the sam(winter) or the opposite summer
What is summer , opposite
400
very high tides and very low tides are called: Spring tides or neap tides these occur during : half moon or new/full moon
What is spring tides that occur during a new or full moon
400
The international date line divides the : 1st and 24th time zone Or the 4th and 20th
What is 1st and 24th
400
the earth is closest to the sun during what month: January or July
What is January
500
true or false : when the moon appears dark, like it is not there it is called a new moon
What is true
500
the word equinox means : equal neap tides or equal night
What is equal night
500
true or false : spring tides have nothing to do with the season of spring
What is true : even though I think tides are higher in spring
500
as you move west , the time in each time zone is one hour : later or earlier
What is earlier : when it is 12 noon in nj ,it is 9 am in california
500
true or false: If the earth was not tilted 23 degrees , we would have 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night everyday
What is true