Reason for the Seasons!
What is the difference between revolving and rotating?
Earth revolves around the sun (moves around), Earth rotates on its axis (spins)
During what moon phase is the moon entirely lit up?
Full moon
What is more common, a solar eclipse or a lunar eclipse?
Lunar eclipses are more common.
What is Newton's first law?
An object at rest will stay at rest, and an object in motion will stay in motion, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
A force is a _______ or a _______
A force is a PUSH or a PULL
What is the reason that we have seasons (2 parts)
The earth revolves around the sun and rotates on a tilted axis.
During what moon phase is the moon between the sun and the earth?
New moon
What are the order of the moon, earth, and sun during a solar eclipse?
Sun, moon, earth OR earth, moon, sun
What is Newton's second law?
F=MA
If you are pushing a box to the right, but your friend pushes harder on the box to the left. What way will the box go?
Left
When it is summer in America what season is it in Australia AND why?
Winter. They are on different hemispheres.
How much of the moon is always lit? What is lighting it?
Half of the moon is always lit by the sun.
What are the order of the moon, sun, and earth during a lunar eclipse?
Sun, Earth, Moon OR Moon, Earth, Sun
What is Newton's third law?
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
If you are on a skateboard going at a constant speed to the right and your friend gives you a push to the right, will you
a. stop
b. slow down
c. speed up
d. nothing will change
speed up
A solstice is the _________ or __________ day of the year.
Shortest, longest
What do we call the shapes of the moon that appear during a course of 28 days?
phases
What does a partial solar eclipse look like?
Part of the sun is covered by the moon, so part of the sun is still seen.
Compare and contrast balanced forces and action-reaction force pairs.
Same: They both are equal and opposite
Different: Balanced forces act on the same object, action-reaction force pairs act on different objects
If you are pushing a box to the left with a force of 10N, what amount of force will stop the box from moving?
The amount of day and night are equal.
What does waxing mean? What does waning mean?
Waxing means growing. Waning means shrinking.
Earth's shadow.
If forces are acting in the same direction, to find net force we _____ them.
If forces are acting in opposite directions, to find net force we _____ them.
Same direction = add
Different directions = subtract
If you are pushing a rolling cart and then stop pushing it, if there is no friction or other forces acting on the cart, the cart will...
A. Stop moving
B. Slow down
C. Speed up
D. Keep moving in the same direction
D. Keep moving in the same direction