PowerPoint Jeopardy

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PowerPoint Jeopardy
Rotation and Revolution Seasons Moon Eclipses Miscellaneous
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__________ is the spinning of Earth on its axis.
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_________ is the movement of one object around
another.
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Earths rotation takes about _________________.
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One complete revolution of Earth takes __________.
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Day and night are caused by Earths
_______________.
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The beginning of spring in the Northern
Hemisphere is marked by the _________ ________.
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• Earth has seasons because
• Earth rotates on its axis
• the distance between Earth
• and the sun changes
• Earths axis is tilted as it
• Moves around the sun
• d. The temperature of the sun changes

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• When the north end of Earths axis
• is tilted toward the sun, North America
• will experience
• More indirect rays and shorter days
• More indirect rays and longer days
• More direct rays and longer days
• More direct rays and shorter days

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An equinox occurs when ____________________. A
solstice occurs when ____________________.
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In the Southern Hemisphere, the summer Solstice
occurs when the sun is directly overhead at
_____________. (number)
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• Because the moon rotates once for
• each revolution around Earth,
• You see some phases more than others
• a different side of the moon faces
• Earth each day
• c. you never see the far side of the moon
• d. the far side of the moon is visible
• only during the full moon phase

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• The phase of the moon you see depends on
• Where you are on Earths surface
• How much of the sunlit side of the
• moon faces Earth
• How much of the moons surface
• is lit by the sun
• d. Whether or not an eclipse is occurring

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From the new moon phase to full moon phase, you
see a (n) increasing decreasing the same
amount of light.
List the phases of the moon in order, starting
with the new moon phase.
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• The amount of the lighted side of the moon
• you can see is the same between which phases?
• new moon and full moon
• new moon and first quarter
• first quarter and third quarter
• full moon and third quarter

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The moon can be seen from Earth
because _____________________.
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• For a solar eclipse to occur,
• The sun must be directly between
• Earth and the moon.
• b. Earth must be directly between
• the sun and the moon
• The moon must be directly behind Earth
• The moon must be directly between
• Earth and the sun.

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During what phase can a lunar eclipse occur?
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The darkest part of the moons shadow is called
the ____________.
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During a partial solar eclipse, part of the sun
is visible in the ____________, the lightest part
of the moons shadow.
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Explain how a lunar eclipse differs from a solar
eclipse.
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The force of ________ by the moon pulls on the
water of Earth.
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During a full moon or a new moon, the high tides
will be _____ and the low tides will be _____.
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Neap tides occur at which 2 phases of the moon?
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If high tide occurs at 600 am, at what
approximate time will the next high tide occur.
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Everything (rotates/revolves) in a
(circular/elliptical) path.