Sun, Earth, Moon 1
Tides
Sun, Earth, Moon 3
Sun, Earth, Moon 4
Sun, Earth, Moon Bonus
100
Earth rotates on its axis once every ...
24 hours
100
Tides are at their peak during these moon phases because the pull of gravity is the strongest.
Full moon and new moon
100
Earth is tilted toward the sun and there are more hours of daylight. What season is it?
Summer
100
What are the 4 main phases of the moon?
New moon; First Quarter; Full moon; and Last Quarter
100
What percentage of the Moon is visible during the first quarter phase?
50%
200
The Earth's rotation causes _______ and ______.
day and night
200
True or False. There is only 1 high tide and 1 low tide per day.
False
200
Winter is colder because ________________.
Earth is tilted away from the sun.
200
How many days does it take to see all of the phases of the moon?
29.5 days (or about a month)
200
What planet is one of the small, rocky planets in our solar system and is the only planet that can support life?
Earth
300
The Moon is ____________ the size of Earth.
1/4 the size of Earth
300
High tide and low tide happen how many times per day?
2x or twice (2) per day
300
The Earth's revolution around the Sun causes _______.
Seasons
300
This diagram represents the four seasons. Name them in order from the top and go counter clockwise based upon the location of the star, which is North America.
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
300
The object in space that is a hot, ball of gas
Sun
400
The mass of the Moon is this fraction of the Earth?
1/20 the mass of the earth.
400
True or False:
High Tide and low Tides happen in a relatively even flow daily.
True
400
In this diagram, North America is experiencing winter because?
North America is on the side of the Earth that is tilted away from the sun.
400
What season is North America and the Earth's axis tilted directly away from the Sun.
Winter
400
This object is a satellite of the Earth, reflects the suns rays at all times, even during the day, unless there is a lunar eclipse.
moon
500
When the Earth orbits the Sun, the Moon is still orbiting this object.
Earth
500
During the first quarter moon, and the last (third) quarter moon the high tides aren't quite so high because of this?
The pull of gravity from the moon and the sun are working against each other.
500
The approximate age of the Sun.
4.6 billion years old
500
Earth rotates on its ___.
axis
500
Consider these objects: soccer ball, football, tennis ball and a paint ball. If the earth is the Tennis ball, then the Moon is the ?
Paintball