Vocab
The force that pulls two objects together
What is gravity
The force that causes the rise and fall of ocean waves
What is tide
The entire sunlight side of the moon is facing earth
what is full moon
Name the 2 factors that allow orbit around another and explain how they work
Gravity and inertia When you through something really hard gravity pulls it down but because of inertia it keeps going
connect the seasons and dates in the northern and southern hemisphere
June 21 Northern hemisphere summer Southern hemisphere Winter Dec. 21 Southern hemisphere summer Northern hemisphere winter
The tendency for a object in motion to stay in motion
what is inertia
The movement of one object around another
what is orbit
The side of the moon you can see is turning into a crescent
What is waxing crescent
explain what causes day and night
The way the sun shines on the earth only half is lit up at a time so when it turns away it causes night
name the phases of the moon as relative positions of earth moon and sun
Full moon Sun,Earth,Then moon First and third quarter Moon is on the left or right to the earth New moon sun, moon,Earth
When a object in space comes between the earth and the sun
What is eclipse
One complete orbit around the sun
what is revolution
the entire sunlight side of the moon is facing away from the moon
What is new moon
explain the movement of the earth sun and moon
The earth orbits around the sun and the moon orbits around the earth
explain the difference between A lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse and why they don't happen every month
The imaginary line that goes through the center of the earth to the north and south pole
What is axis
The spinning of earth on its axis
What is rotation
The portion of the moon you see shrinks
What is waning gibbous
compare a equinox to a solstice
A equinox is where earths axis is not pointing towards or away from the sun if the earths axis is pointing towards or away from the sun is a solstice
Explain the tides and compare a neap tide to a spring tide
The moons gravitational pull affects the tides, A spring tide is where the moon is at a right angle to the earth and a neap tide is where the moon is in a line with the earth and sun
The moon is marked by these large round pits
what Is crater
The different shapes of the moon you see
What is moon phases
the portion of the moon you see is lit on the left side
What is Third quarter moon
Explain the reasons for the seasons
The reason is the way the earths axis is tilted that affects the sun rays
compare the moon and earths atmosphere gravity and size
Moon Yes water no life yes light Gravity 1/6th of the earths gravity earths mass is 80 times larger then the moon and the moon is 1/4 of the earths size