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What factors keep the moon in orbit around the earth? Earth around Sun?
Gravity and Inertia
What causes eclipses? Why are solar eclipses less common to see?
When moon's shadow hits earth, or earths shadow hits the moon. Moon has smaller shaddow.
Why couldn't Galileo study the entire moon's surface? What methods can we use today to do so?
Only one side faces earth. We can go there or send probes, rovers, or satellites.
Describe the Collision Ring Theory
A planet sized object collided with Earth. Part of Earth's crust was cast into space and was caught in Earth's orbit. This material formed the moon.
What doe we experience seasons?
The tilt of Earth's Axis causes different places to receive more direct sunlight as we revolve around the Sun.
If I am sitting on a beach ALL day long. How will the tides change over the course of the day?
Rise for 6 hours, Fall for 6 hours, Repeat
Draw and Label "Phase 7"
Waxing Gibbous
Draw and Label "Phase 6"
Full Moon
Draw and Label "Phase 5"
Third or Last Quarter
Draw and Label "Phase 4"
Waxing Crescent
Draw and Label "Phase 3"
Waning Crescent
Draw and Label "Phase 2"
First Quarter
Draw and label 'Phase 1'
Waning Gibbous
What effects the force of gravity?
Distance and Mass
Where is the moon in a Total Lunar Eclipse
In Earth's Umbra
What is the positions of the Earth Sun and Moon in a solar eclipse?
Sun, Moon, Earth
Describe the Vernal Equinox. (Sun Position, Approximate Dates)
March 21st, First day of spring, Sun is overhead at noon
How many Rotations Per Revolution of the Earth?
365
What CAUSES an Equinox?
Neither hemisphere is tilted toward the sun. 12 hours of day and night
This can only occur at FULL moon
Lunar Eclipse
When we weigh ourselves what does the number represent?
The force of gravity on an object (us)
Describe a neap tide
The tide with the smallest difference between high and low tide.
The two days of the year when the sun is either 23.5 degrees north or south?
solstices
The moon has no atmosphere. How does this effect temperatures on the moon?
Extreme Temperatures. When the sunlight hits it, it gets very hot.
What is the Umbra?
Darkest part of the Earth/Moon Shadow
Regions formed on the moon from huge lava flows
Maria
What is the gravity on the moon compared to Earth?
1/6th
Describe inertia
The tendency of an object to resist change in motion
What causes a Spring Tide?
when the sun and moon are at right angles to Earth
How many days in a leap year?
366
What season is it here when the south end of Earth's axis is tiled toward the sun?
Winter in the Northern Hemisphere
What happens every 24 hours?
Earth Rotates once on its Axis
Earth's spinning on it's axis is called _____
Rotation
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