Earth's Motion Flashcards
The summer solstice occurs in June in the northern hemisphere and in December in the southern hemisphere (true/false)
True
Sunlight is more spread out as you move away from the equator (true/false)
True
When it is summer in the U.S., Earth is closest to the Sun (true/false)
False
The Moon only emits night at light (true/false)
False; reflects
The moon makes one revolution around Earth in the same amount of time that it makes one rotation on its axis (true/false)
True
A ____ eclipse occurs when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and throws a shadow on Earth.
Solar
The Sun’s rays strike Earth at their northernmost and southernmost positions during _____ and _____ solstices
Winter; Summer
Summer occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that is tilted _____ the Sun
Toward
Not only is the summer solstice the longest day of the year, it is also the day on which the Sun appears to be the ____ in the sky
Highest
The seasons are caused by the Earth’s position in its orbit and _____
the direction Earth’s rotational axis is pointed to the Sun
The time for one rotation of the Moon is 27.3 days. What is the time revolution?
27.3 days
Why don’t lunar eclipses occur every full moon and solar eclipses occur every new moon?
The Moon’s orbit around the Earth and the Earth’s orbit around the Sun are not on the same plane, so the three bodies only line up occasionally.
Spring tides occur…
At new and full moons, and have the highest high tides and the lowest low tides
When do neap tides occur?
at first and third quarter moons, and have the lowest high tides and the highest low tides
