moon and tides
Phases of the Moon for Neap Tides
What are 1st and last (3rd) quarter moons
the number of high tides per day.
What is 2?
the tilt angle of the earth.
What is 23.5 degrees
the longest and shortest days of the year (include when they occur).
What are the winter and summer solstices (June 21 and December 21)?
The imaginary line around the center of the earth
What is the equator
Spring tides occur during these moon phases
What is a new and full moons?
Tides that occur during the quarter moons.
What is Neap tides?
the tilt of the earth as it travels around the sun.
What causes seasons.
these 2 things will increase until June and then decrease until December
What are the sun's angle and day length.
Over the course of 24 hours the Earth completes a:
Rotation
Areas on the earth that have high tides have tidal ____.
What are tidal bulges?
Tides that occur when the sun, earth, and moon are aligned.
What are Spring tides?
2 differences between revolution and rotation.
What is one is a day, one is a year. Rotation, is the earth spinning on its axis. Revolution is the earth orbiting the sun.
When the north pole gets to the most amount of sun. (draw a picture as well)
What is in summer, when the northern hemisphere is pointed towards the sun.
What happens to the concentration of solar radiation as it's angle decreases?
The concentration also decreases.
The difference between high and low tides is the greatest during these tides.
What are the Spring Tides?
What is approximately 6 hours but probably less if he doesn't want to slip and fall on the rocks as the tide comes in.
Seasons the southern hemisphere is pointing towards the sun.
What is winter in north america, summer in south america.
why does the equator have little temperature change during the year.
What is they are always getting direct sunlight.
the shortest daylight hours
What is the Winter Solstice?
These tides have low high tides and high low tides
What are Neap Tides?
Explain the difference between spring and neap tides.
What is one is a very high tide, one is the lowest high tide. both occur twice a month.
when the day and night lengths are equal (what are they called and when do they occur).
What is the spring and fall equinox.
The distance of earth from the sun in winter in the northern hemisphere.
What is closer to the sun than in the summer.
Date when the antarctic circle has 24 hours of darkness and the Arctic circle 24 hours of daylight.
What is the Summer Solstice?