Eclipses, Tides & Seasons
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| What are tides caused by? | the differences in how much the moon's gravity pulls on different parts of the earth
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| What are the 2 types of eclipses? | solar & lunar
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| Why don't we have a total solar eclipse every month? | the moon's orbit is tilted at a 5 degree angle from the earth's orbit and is rarely in a straight line with the sun and the earth
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| How much of the moon is illuminated during ANY moon phase? | 50%
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| What is the order that the sun, Earth, and moon need to be in for a solar eclipse? | sun, moon, earth
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| What is the order that the sun, Earth, and moon need to be in for a lunar eclipse? | sun, earth, moon
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| What MAINLY causes our tides to occur? | the moon's gravitational pull
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| What also causes tides to occur? | the sun's gravitational pull
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| What causes day & night to occur on Earth? | Earth's rotation
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| What causes us to have different seasons? | the tilt of earth's axis
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| What would happen if the earth were not tilted on its axis? | temperatures would remain constant
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