Question | Answer |
The first day of the Season of Summer. On this day (JUNE 21 in the northern hemisphere*) the Sun is farthest north and the length of time between Sunrise and Sunset is the longest of the year | SUMMER SOLSTICE |
The first day of the Season of Winter. On this day (DECEMBER 22 in the northern hemisphere*) the Sun is farthest south and the length of time between Sunrise and Sunset is the shortest of the year | WINTER SOLSTICE |
Summer: December 22 | southern hemisphere solstice |
Winter: June 21 | southern hemisphere solstice |
The first day of the Season of Spring - and the beginning of a long period of sunlight at the Pole. In the northern hemisphere: MARCH 20 (the Sun crosses the Equator moving northward) | SPRING EQUINOX |
In the southern hemisphere: SEPTEMBER 22 (the Sun crosses the Equator moving southward) | SPRING EQUINOX |
The first day of the Season of Autumn - and the beginning of a long period of darkness at the Pole. In the northern hemisphere: SEPTEMBER 22 (the Sun crosses the Equator moving southward). | AUTUMN EQUINOX |
In the southern hemisphere: MARCH 20 (the Sun crosses the Equator moving northward). | AUTUMN EQUINOX |
the study of the moon,stars,and other objects in space | astronomy |
the imaginary line that passes through the earth's center and the north and south poles | axis |
the spinning motion of a planet around its axis | rotation |
the movement of the one object around another object | revolution |
the path of an object as it revolves around another object in space | orbit |
each 24-hr cycle of day and light is | day |
why is an extra day added to February every four years | we added the extra day to the shortest mouth instead of wasting a day |
what causes day and night | the rotation of earth around the sun |
why is it warmer near the equator than near the poles | equator, sunlight hits earth's surface more directly |
is a measurement of distance from the equator expressed in degrees north or south | latitude |
each of the days of the year when the sun is overhead at either 23.5 degrees south or 23.5 degrees north | solstice |
each of the two days of the year when neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun | equinox |
what causes the phases of the moon,eclipses, and tides. | the positions of the moon,earth and the sun cause the following |
what side of the moon always faces earth | nearside |
what shape is the moon orbit | oval |
the different shapes of the moon you see from earth are | phases |
how often dies the moon go through a whole set of phases | each time it revolve around earth, that it about once a month |
what does the phases of the moon you see depend on | how much sunlit side of the moon faces earth |
new looks like | you see nothing |
first quarter looks like | half of the lighted side of the moon (right) |
full moon looks like | you can see the whole moon |
third quarter looks like | half of lighted side of the moon (left) |
waning gibbous looks like | almost all of it is lighted except the little curve on the right is not light |
waning crescent looks like | almost nothing is showing except the little curve on the left is light |
waxing gibbous looks like | almost all of it is lighted except a little curve in the left side is not light |
waxing crescent looks like | almost all of it is not lighted except a little curve on the right is not light |
the moon phases in order | full moon, waxing gibbous, first quarter, waxing crescent, new moon ,waning crescent, third quarter, waning gibbous , |
true of false, half of the moon is almost always in sunlight | false |
how long after the last new moon until a new moon occurs again | about 29.5 days |
when the moon's shadow hits earth or earth's shadow hits the moon what occurs | a eclipse |
what are the two types or eclipse | solar and lunar |
what occurs when the moon passes between earth and the sun blocking the sunlight from reaching earth | solar eclipse |
the darkest part of the moon's shadow and cone shape | umbra |
larger part of the shadow and part of the sun is visible from earth | penumbra |
what is the arrangement of earth, moon,and sun during a lunar eclipse | earth is directly between the moon and the sun |
the rise and fall of level of the ocean | tides |
what force pulls the moon and earth toward each other | gravity |
what does the force of gravity between two objects depend on | on the masses of the objects and the distance between |
true or false, the sun has no influence on earth tides | false |
what factors can make tides vary even in places that are close to each other | where they and how close there are to the moon |
for every force or action there is an equal and opposite force or | reaction |
how many stages do multistage rockets have | 6 |
what happens to each stage when it uses up its fuel | the empty fuel container drops off |
what did the development of multistage rockets make possible | to send rockets to the moon and farther into space |
what is a satellite | is any natural or artificial object that revolves around an object in space |
what is the 1st artificial satellite | sputnik 1 |
what are three thing satellite can do | communication, navigation, collecting weather data |
a large satellite in which people can live for long periods is | space station |
what are the USA, Russia, and many other countries cooperation to build in space | international space station |
why are shuttles called shuttles | they can go back and forth or shuttle between earth and space |
true or false, since 1981, space shuttles have been the main way that the US launches astronauts and equipment into space | true |
the diameter of the moon is ______ earth's diameter | half |
theory of the moon's origin | a large earth, material from earth outer layer breaks off, the martial from earth is thrown into orbit creating the moon |
in ____ who made the telescope | 1609 an Galileo Galileo |
3 features on the moon | craters,highlands,maria |
round pits on the surface of the moon are | craters |
what are craters cause by | the impacts of meteoroids from space |
which president of U.S launched the space exploration | j f k |
the 1st space craft | surveyor |
who is the 1st person to walk on the moon | Neil Armstrong |
how have scientist learned about the material that make up the moon's surface | the astronauts collect , material |