Seasons
The Northern and Southern hemispheres are always in _______________ seasons.
OPPOSITE
What is the order of a solar eclipse?
Sun - Moon - Earth
What moon phase would you see in spot Z?
New moon.
How long does it take Earth to rotate once?
24 hours.
When light is on the LEFT =
Waning
WHY do we have seasons?
Earth's tilt.
What is the order of a lunar eclipse?
Sun - Earth - Moon
What moon phase would you see in spot X?
(Miss Garr will show you the picture)
Full moon.
How long does it take Earth to revolve around the sun?
365 days
When Earth is closest to the sun, what season is it for us in the Northern hemisphere?
Winter
If the Earth is tilted TOWARD the sun, what type of sunlight would it be getting? What season does this cause?
Direct light, summer.
Which diagram shows a lunar eclipse?
(Miss Garr will show you image)
A
What moon phase would you see in spot Y?
(Miss Garr will show you the image)
Third quarter
What shape is Earth's orbit of the sun?
Oval or elliptical
Name all of the moon phases starting at new moon.
New moon
Waxing crescent
First quarter
Waxing gibbous
Full moon
Waning gibbous
Third quarter
Waning crescent
When the Earth is not tilted toward or away from the sun, what seasons could it be?
Fall or Spring.
What is another name for a lunar eclipse?
Blood moon.
What moon phase would you see from spot W?
(Miss Garr will show you the image)
First quarter
Why do we have day and night?
Half of the Earth is lit up by the sun, causing day. As the planet rotates on its axis it will turn away from the sun causing night. A whole rotation is 24 hours, which is why a full day is 24 hours.
What phase was the moon last night?
Waning gibbous
How does Earth's tilt cause seasons?
There are 2 things it does.
It causes differences in:
-The angle of sunlight hitting Earth (direct and indirect light)
-The length of day / height of sun in the sky varies with the tilt
In which spot would the moon go for a SOLAR eclipse? W, X, Y or Z?
(Miss Garr will show you image)
Z.
Why do we see moon phases?
As the moon orbits Earth, we see different amounts of the illuminated side of the moon.
Is Earth's revolution of the sun the same distance all around?
No, the Earth is close to the sun on one end of its orbit and farther on the other.
What is the term for the invisible line that separates the lit half of the moon from the dark half?
Terminator