Sun, Moon, Earth, and Tides Review

1. Draw a baseball diamond and fill in the moon phases. Earth SUN New Moon

2. Define waxing in terms of the moon – 3. Define waning in terms of the moon- 4. Describe a full moon – 5. Describe a new moon – 6. Describe the difference between a waxing crescent and a waning crescent 7. The moon revolves around the ____________ and the Earth revolves the _________. 8. The gravitational attraction of the moon and the sun causes _______________to occur on Earth. the moon becomes more visible and appears to grow brighter each night larger. The moon begins to disappear and grow smaller. When the earth is between the sun and moon in a straight line and we see all of the moon. When the moon is between the earth and sun and is not reflecting any light. A waxing crescent is growing larger and a waning crescent is growing smaller. EarthSun tides

9. How many days does it take for the moon to go through all of its phases? _____ 10. That means that each phase lasts approximately how many days? __________ 11. The pictures below show the lunar cycle. Draw in the missing phases. ________________ _______________ __________________ 12. The new moon appears on January 3 rd, when will we see the full moon?______________ When will we see the next new moon? _________________ 28 __(29½) 3 17th 31st

13. Fill in the blanks, one has been done for you. 14. Name the season based on the numbers of hours of day and night. _____________________ or ________________________ 12 hours day, 12 hours night _____________________ 18 hours of day, 6 hours of night _____________________ 18 hours of night, 6 hours of day 15. Define rotation - ____________________________________________________ Spring Tide Neap Tide Spring Fall Summer Winter A body rotating on it’s axis

16. Define revolution - __________________________________________________ 17. What determines the seasons on Earth? 18. If it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere A celestial body going around another body Earths tilt on it’s axis and revolution around the Sun Summer

19. Label the seasons for the Northern Hemisphere: Summer Winter Fall Spring

20. What contributes to the formation of tides? _________________________________ 21. Spring Tides have high tides that are _______________ than normal. 22. Neap Tides have high tides that are ________________ than normal. 23. Draw 2 pictures showing the position of the sun, moon and earth during a Spring tide 24. Draw 2 pictures showing the position of the sun, moon and earth during a Neap tide Gravitational pull of the moon and Sun higher lower

25. Define tidal bulge - ______________________________________________________ 26. What kind of tide do people experience when they are in between tidal bulges? _________ Match the following letters to the statements below. A. Waning B. New Moon C. Moon Phases D. Full Moon E. Waxing 27. The changing appearances of the moon as seen from Earth are called _____________. 28. When the lighted side of the moon is becoming smaller, the moon is said to be ____________. 29. When the lighted side of the moon is becoming larger, the moon is said to be ____________. 30. The phase when the lighted half of the moon is facing the sun and all of the dark side faces Earth is a ______________. 31. When all the lighted half of the moon faces Earth, it is a ___________. Water pulled by the gravitational pull of the moon low

A. Waxing Crescent B. Full Moon C. Waning CrescentD. New Moon E. Third QuarterF. Waxing Gibbous G. First Quarter H. Waning Gibbous