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  • Identify the type of eclipse.
    Solar eclipse
  • The warm zone is located between:
    The tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn
  • define low tide
    It is the minium height of sea level
  • It is astronomical phenomena occurs when the Earth, Moon & Sun are nearly on one straight line with the moon in the middle.
    Solar Eclipse
  • What type of eclipse is this
    Total lunar eclipse
  • How many days does it take from full moon to another full moon?
    Around 29 days
  • Where does the moonlight come from?
    It comes from the Sun
  • how many climatic zones do we have, state the names
    5 zones: cold zone, temperate zone, warm zone
  • What phase is this?
    New moon
  • The sun is the main source of: ________ and ________
    light and heat
  • The moon is a ____________
    Natural satellite
  • How many moon phases are there?
    There are eight phases
  • In a luner eclipse what is the order of the elements
    sun, earth, moon
  • The moon gets in front of the Sun, blocking its light. How do you call this phenomenon?
    An eclipse
  • __________ solar eclipse occurs when the Earth lies in the penumbra region of the Moon.
    Partial
  • Define: Tide
    are the daily rising and falling of the sea level
  • what happens when the earth revolves around the sun?
    sequence of four seasons
  • what happens ? The earth rotates around its axis .
    sequence of day and night
  • State the date of the summer solstice
    June 21
  • Define: ecliptic
    the imaginary plane where the earth´s orbit is positioned
  • In a solar eclipse what is the order of the elements
    Sun, moon, earth
  • What phase is this?
    Waxing gibbous
  • If the southern hemisphere has a medium exposure to sunlinght, it would be
    spring or fall
  • State the date of both the spring and fall equinoxes
    March 21 and September 22
  • What are the 3 different types of solar eclipses
    total, partial, annular
  • define high tide
    it is the maximum height os sea level reached
  • If the southern hemisphere has a low exposure to sunlinght, it would be
    winter
  • State the date of the winter solstice
    December 22
  • The dark inner shadow in which total solar eclipse appears is _________
    Umbra
  • The northern temperate zone is located between:
    tropic of cancer and the artic pole
  • How many days does it take the moon to orbit the Earth?
    Around 27 days
  • Draw the 5 imaginary lines ( in order)
    The artic circle, the tropic of cancer, the equator, the tropic of capricorn, the antartic circle
  • What phase is this?
    First quarter
  • What tide is this?
    It is a low tide.
  • True or false: Areas near the equator are more intensely heated than those near the poles?
    true
  • true or false: day and night are caused by the earth´s rotation
    true
  • Types of solar eclipse are
    Total, partial, annular
  • When does the Solar eclipse occur? Day time or night time?
    It occurs during the day time
  • You have to wear ___________ to observe the solar eclipse.
    Special glasses
  • What are the 3 different types of solar eclipses
    Total, partial, penumbral eclipse
  • True or False: The words rotate and revolve have the same meaning when describing the motion of planets.
    false
  • What phase is this?
    Full moon
  • Explain the giant impact theory
    The therory claims that a body similar in size to mars collided with the earth while the plent was still molten
  • Explain lunar eclipse
    occurs when the earth is aligned between the sun and the moon
  • Lunar eclipses are classified into
    Total lunar eclipse, and partial lunar eclipse
  • What tide is this
    High tide
  • If the southern hemisphere has a high exposure to sunlinght, it would be
    summer
  • What phase is this?
    Waning crescent
  • What phase is this?
    Waning gibbous
  • Explain the accretion theory
    The arth and moon formed very close to each other from the same dust cloud, which occupied the present orbit of the earth
  • What phase is this?
    Third quarter
  • Penumbra causes a ____________solar eclipse
    Partial
  • The type of solar eclipse in which the Sun appears as a lighting ring or ring of fire is__________
    Annular solar eclipse
  • Umbra causes a __________ solar eclipse
    Total
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