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100
24 hours is the time it takes for _______________________.
What is the Earth to completely rotate on its axis.
100
If the Earth revolved more slowly in its orbit around the sun, ________________________.
What is a longer year?
100
You are outside under a tree. As you sit there the shadow got smaller and smaller. Was it morning or afternoon?
What is morning?
100
The time when the water level is at its highest.
What is high tide?
100
What % of the moon in always lit by the sun?
What is 50%?
200
A planet has a shorter day than Earth does. Why?
What is it takes less time to complete a rotation on its axis?
200
The Earth is tilted this direction in the winter.
What is away from the sun?
200
The shadow is pointing east. What time of day is it?
What is afternoon, late evening?
200
One half of the Earth divided by the equator.
What is a hemisphere?
200
What causes the phases of the Moon?
What is the Moon's orbit (revolution) around the Earth?
300
This causes ocean tides.
What is the gravitational pull between Earth and the Sun and Moon?
300
This causes the day-night cycle.
What is earth's rotation?
300
The shadows travel in this motion.
What is clockwise?
300
An imaginary line through the center of Earth, which Earth rotates on.
What is its axis?
300
Earth's tilt causes___________________.
What is more daylight in the summer?
400
About how long does 1 cycle of the moon phases last?
What is a month?
400
Where does the moon go during the day?
What is it stays in the sky, you just can't see it because of the sun's light.
400
The Earth rotates this direction.
What is counterclockwise?
400
The phase of the moon about 14 days after the full Moon.
What is the new Moon?
400
Changing seasons are caused by __________________.
What is the tilt of the Earth's axis?
500
There is a full Moon on October 9th. What phase is the Moon in on October 23rd?
What is a new moon?
500
The degree of Earth's tilt.
What is 23.5 degrees?
500
How do sundials work?
What is use shadow position to tell time?
500
The phase of the Moon before or after it is full; more than 1/2 the disc is lit.
What is a gibbous moon?
500
If the Earth's axis were tilted 50 degrees, which would result? A longer day-night cycle; more extreme seasons; a longer year
What is more extreme seasons?