Earth Sun Moon
Moon Phases
Reason for the Season
All about the Tides
Vocab
100

Where would you find almost 24 hours of daylight?

The north pool durning summer

100

First Moon Phase

New Moon

100

What hemisphere do we live in?

Northern

100

The rise and fall of water

tides

100

The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space

Orbit

200

Longest day of the year

Summer Solstice

200

A Lunar eclipse can occur only during the ?

New moon

200

If it is spring in the Southern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Northern?

Autumn/ Fall

200

A _____ tide occurs when the sun is at a right angle to the line between Earth and the moon.

Neap

200

An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles, about which Earth rotates

Axis

300

As Earth rotates on its axis, half of the earth is lightened by the sun, and half is dark. The lightened half of the earth represents the portion experiencing what?

Day

300

In order to have an eclipse the moon sun and earth have to be?

in alignment
300

What causes the seasons to change?

Earth's tilt in relation to the sun and its revolution around the sun. 

300

A ______ tide occurs when the sun earth moon are nearly in a line

Spring

300

Caused by the tilt of Earth on its axis as it revolves around the Sun

Seasons

400

ABOUT how long does it take for the Earth to rotate once?

24 hours

400

What moon phase comes after a full moon

Waning gibbous

400

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, on which day of the year will your hometown receive the most daylight 

June / June 21

400

Extreme High tides and Extreme Low Tides happen when?

Spring Tide

400

A complete or partial hiding of the sun caused by the moons passing between the sun and the earth.

Eclipse

500

Shortest day of the year

Winter Solstice

500
What are the 8 phases of the moon in order

New moon

waxing crescent 

first quarter

waxing gibbous

full moon

waning gibbous

last quarter

waning crescent 

500

Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature year round?

It receives the same amount of direct sunlight year round. 

500

Tony waits for a spring tide to bring the best surfing waves in his area. He knows that the moon affects the tides, so which moons does he wait for?

Full moon and new moon

500

Each of the two times of the year when days and nights are of equal length

Equinox