earth in space for 600 when the south end of earth’s axis is tilted toward the sun, it is winter...
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Earth in Space for 600
When the south end of Earth’s axis is tilted toward the sun, it is winter in the ______________________________.
Earth in Space for 800
The two days on which the sun is overhead at either 23.5 degrees north or south are called _________________________.
Phases, Eclipses, and Tides for 200
When the sun, Earth, and moon line up a ____________ tide occurs.
Phases, Eclipses, and Tides for 400
A tide with the smallest difference between low and high tides is called a ______________ tide.
Phases, Eclipses, and Tides for 600
This eclipse occurs during a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun.
Phases, Eclipses, and Tides for 800
These are the phases of the moon that are visible during a spring tide.
Capture the Chapter for 200
Each of the two days of the year when neither hemisphere is tilted toward the sun is known as this.
Capture the Chapter for 600
The day in March on which the sun is overhead at noon at the equator is called the ____________ Equinox.
Name the phase:
First Quarter
Name the phase:
Full moon
Name the phase:
Waning gibbous
Name the phase:
Waning crescent
Name the phase:
Third/last Quarter
An eclipse occurs when the __________ of one celestial body
falls on another.
Shadow
A ________ eclipse occurs when the moon comes between the Earth and
the sun.
Solar
Solar
Tilt
Which solstice would someone in the southern hemisphere
experience during December?
summer solstice
How many hours of daylight would a person in the Northern hemisphere
receive on the vernal equinox?
12 hours
During what month does the “longest day” (most hours of
sunlight) occur in the Northern hemisphere, and what is this day
called?
June, summer solstice
When the Earth’s moon waxes, the sunlit fraction that we see from Earth becomes
___________.
Larger
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Which type of tide has the lowest tidal range?
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Neap tide has the least difference in tidal range because the moon and the sun pulling at the earth at a right angle to each other and fighting over the water.
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When the visible portion of the moon is decreasing, these phases are called …
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waning phases
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What are the phases called when the light reflecting from the moon’s surface is increasing?
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waxing
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Name the tide that occurs at position A.
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Neap tide
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What phase of the moon occurs in position D?
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Last or 3rd quarter moon
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What are the letters for the two gibbous moons? Which one is waning and which one is waxing?
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H is the waxing gibbous.F is the waning gibbous
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For the waxing crescent moon, place an H for high tide and L for the low tide where they occur on Earth.
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Name the phase shown here. If the sunlight was coming from the other direction, where would this phase be located?
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Waxing gibbous would be located at position D.
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Name of the Eclipse below.
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total solar eclipse
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What type of eclipses do we experience during a new moon and full moon phase?
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New moon – solar eclipseFull moon – lunar eclipse
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What are A and B?
A
B
Earth
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A = umbra
B = penumbra
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Which type of eclipse, solar or lunar, do less people see and why is that so?
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A solar eclipse is more rare because it traces a path across the earth. The lunar eclipse is seen by all who can see the full moon!
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What causes a total solar eclipse?a) Earth’s umbra passes over the moonb) Moon’s penumbra passes over earthc) Earth’s penumbra passes over moond) None of these happen
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d) None of these happen Moon’s umbra passes over Earth