Earth's Movement 1
Of these 3 objects, which one is furthest from the Earth? The sun, the moon, stars.
What are stars?
The Earth rotates on this imaginary pole running through the center of the Earth.
What is it's axis?
The amount of sunligt that we see reflecting off the moon cause us to see the moon as different shapes. These are called this.
What are phases of the moon or moon phases?
This force causes high and low tides on Earth.
What is gravity?
Patterns of stars that make different shapes are called.....
What are constellations?
The Earth does this every 24 hours, which gives us days and nights.
What is rotate?
The sun appears to move across our sky in this direction.
What is from east to west?
This fraction of the moon is always lit by the sun. Hint - unless you are in a lunar eclipse because the Earth casts it shadow on the moon.
What is 1/2?
Because the moon is closer to the Earth than the sun, the moon's gravity is _______, which means the high tide will always be on the side of the Earth facing the moon.
What is stronger?
A constellation that represents a time period in which your birthday falls is known as your.......
What is Zodiac Sign?
How many times does the Earth rotate in one year?
What is 365 times?
The Earth rotates and orbits in this direction.
What is counterclockwise?
We see this amount of the moon lit up during a new moon.
What is none?
There are this many hours between a high tide and the next low tide. And there are this many hours between a high tide and the next high tide.
What is 6 hours and 12 hours?
If you looked in the sky at midnight and saw Libra straight up above you, what Zodiac Sign would you see, in the same spot in the sky, 2 months later? Look at the Zodiac Signs on the walls of our room.
What is Sagitarius?
The main reason we experience seasons here in Michigan is because we have this.
What is tilt.
When the moon casts a shadow on the Earth we experience this.
What is a solar eclipse?
When the moon is in a cresent phase and this happens a few days after a new moon we call it a ______ cresent moon.
What is waxing?
If a low tide comes in at 7:00 AM, the next low tide will take place at what time?
What is 1:00 PM
The Earth rotates counterclockwise. Because of the direction we rotate, the sun, moon, and stars all appear to move from _____ to ______ through our sky.
What is east to west?
It takes 365 and 1/4 days for Earth to do this around the sun.
What is orbit?
When the Earth casts a shadow on the moon, we experience this.
What is a lunar eclipse?
The moon takes this many days to repeat its sequence of moon phases. It is also the same number of days it takes the moon to orbit earth.
What is 29?
If a boat was tied off during a high tide how much rope would be needed in order to maintain the safety of the boat and the dock? The water leve is normally at 9 ft during a high tide and 1 ft during a low tide.
What is 8 ft?
What is the only star that never appears to move in the night sky? It is always in the same spot.
What is the North Star or Polaris?