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The Earth in Space Vocabulary I’ve got your number Diagrams (part 1) Diagrams (part 3) Diagrams (part 2)
A 100 Day and night are caused by the ________ of Earth
A 100 rotation
A 200 Earth has seasons because
A 200 Earth’s axis is tilted as it moves around the sun
A 300 When the north end of Earth’s axis is tilted toward the sun, what season will North America experience?
A 300 Summer
A 400 The phase of the moon you see depends on how much of the _________ side faces Earth.
A 400 Sunlit
A 500 Because the moon rotates once for each revolution around Earth, we never see the _______ side
A 500 Far
B 100 The 2 times of year that day and night are of equal length are called a(n)
B 100 equinox
B 200 Tides are caused by the force of the moon’s _____
B 200 Gravity
B 300 The darkest part of the moon’s shadow is called the _________
B 300 umbra
B 400 The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion is called
B 400 inertia
B 500 Newton’s law of __________ ___________ states that all things attract all other things
B 500 Universal gravitation
How many Different main moon phases are there? C 100
8
The approximate Length of time for one rotation of Earth on its axis. C 200
24 hours (1 day)
C 300 The approximate length of time for one revolution of Earth around the sun
365 days (1 year) C 300
C 400 The approximate length of time for one revolution of the moon around the Earth
C days (27.3 days)
C 500 The approximate length of time to complete the moon phase cycle
29 days (29.5 days) C 500
D 100 What letters show a solstice? A B C D
D 100 A and C
D 200 What letters show a equinox? C B D A
D 200 A and B
What is this moon phase? D 300
New Moon D 300
What is this moon phase? D 400
Waxing Crescent
D 500 What is this moon phase?
D rd Quarter
What is this moon phase? E 100
Waning Gibbous
E 200 What is this moon phase?
E 200 Waxing Gibbous
E 300 What is this moon phase?
E 300 Full Moon
E 400 What is this moon phase?
E 400 Waning Crescent
E 500 What is this moon phase?
E st Quarter
F 100 What type of eclipse is this?
F 100 Solar Eclipse
F 200 What type of eclipse is this?
F 200 Lunar Eclipse
F 300 What type of tide is occurring?
F 300 Spring Tide
F 400 What type of tide is occurring?
F 400 Neap Tide
F 500 What two forces keep an object in its orbit
F 500 gravity and inertia
The Final Jeopardy Category is: Moon Phases Click on screen to begin
Click on screen to continue What is the order of all 8 Moon Phases? (start with new moon)
1. New Moon 2. Waxing Crescent 3. 1 st Quarter 4. Waxing Gibbous 5. Full Moon 6. Waning Gibbous 7. 3 rd Quarter 8. Waning Crescent Click on screen to continue