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Sun, Moon, and Cycles Flashcards

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What makes up the solar system?
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  1. planets
  2. stars (sun)
  3. comets
  4. asteroids
  5. moons
  6. gases
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Name the eight plants in order.

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  1. Mercury
  2. Venus
  3. Earth
  4. Mars
  5. Jupiter
  6. Saturn
  7. Uranus
  8. Neptune
    (Pluto used to be one)
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What is the sun made of?

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The sun is a star - a hot ball of glowing gases.

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How is Earth different from other planets?

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It has a watery surface, lots of oxygen in the atmosphere and has animal and plant life.

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What causes day and night?

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The Earth’s rotation on its axis causes day and night. At any time, half the Earth is experiencing night and the other half of the Earth is experiencing day.

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List the four seasons.

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  1. Winter
  2. Summer
  3. Spring
  4. Fall
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Why do we have seasons?

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They are caused by the Earth’s tilt on its axis and its revolution around the Sun.

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What causes the phases of the moon?

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They are caused by the Sun’s rays and the Earth’s shadow as the Earth and Moon rotate and revolve around the sun.

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What are the four phases of the moon?

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  1. New
  2. Crescent
  3. Gibbous
  4. Full
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What does the tilt of the axis cause?

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The four seasons. The part of the Earth tilted closest to the sun will experience summer and the part of the Earth furthest from the sun will be having winter.

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What causes high tides and low tides on Earth?

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The moon

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12
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The Earth revolves around the ______.

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sun

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It takes the Earth _____ days to make an entire revolution.

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365 1/4 or one year

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When the Earth _________ on its axis (spins like a top), one side is always facing the sun, while the other side isn’t. This is what causes day and night.

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rotates

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It takes _______ hours for the Earth to make one complete rotation.

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24

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There are ____ hours in a day.

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24

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17
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There are ____ weeks in a year.

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52

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There are ____ months in a year.

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12

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Axis

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An imaginary line through a spinning object.

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Rotation

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One full spin of an object around an axis.

21
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Orbit

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The path of an object around another object.

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Revolution

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The movement of an object around another object.

23
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The cycle of the ________ of the moon occurs as the moon makes one revolution around the earth.

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phases

24
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The different shapes the moon seems to have in the sky.

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Phases

25
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Waning

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Means losing light

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Waxing

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Mean gaining light

27
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Gibbous

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Means more light

28
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The tides follow a pattern of _____ high and ____ low tides every 24 hours.

A

two; two

29
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The pattern of the tides in our ocean is caused by the __________________ between the Earth and the moon.

A

gravitational attraction

30
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The pattern of day and night is caused by the ____________ of the Earth.

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rotation

31
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One complete rotation occurs every ____ hours.

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24

32
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The part of the Earth facing the sun has ___________, while the part facing away has _____________.

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daylight; night

33
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The spinning of the object on its axis is called ___________.

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rotation

34
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Earth’s Axis

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An imaginary line that goes through the North Pole and South Pole.

35
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The pattern of seasonal changes takes place because the _____________ is tilted toward or away from the sun during its revolution around the sun.

A

Earth’s axis

36
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The Earth takes 365 days or 1 year to make one _____________.

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revolution

37
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The movement of one object (the Earth) around another object (the sun) is called ______________.

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revolution

38
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When the Earth makes a revolution, we say a _________ has passed.

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year

39
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Each time the Earth rotates once, a _____ has passed.

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day

40
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When our side of the Earth faces away from the sun, it is _________.

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night

41
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The Earth _________ on its own axis.

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rotates

42
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The Earth _____ around the sun.

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rotates

43
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The sun “rises” in the _________.

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east

44
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The sun “sets” in the _________.

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west

45
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The shapes of the moon are called its __________.

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phases

46
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Spring, summer, winter, fall are called the ___________.

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seasons

47
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When our part of the Earht (northern hemisphere) is tilted toward the sun, the season we are having is ___________.

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summer

48
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When our part of the Earth (northern hemisphere) is titled away from the sun, the season we are having is ________.

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winter

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