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Question 1

What creates the craters on the moon

Answer 1

From astroids and meteors hitting it over time

Question 2

Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

Answer 2

Neil Armstrong

Question 3

What was the spaceship called that he travel to the moon on?

Answer 3

Apollo 11

Question 4

What is the Hubble telescope?

Answer 4

a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990

Question 5

How do tides work

Answer 5

the moon’s gravitational force pulls on water in the oceans so that there are “bulges”

Question 6

How does the moon influence the tide?

Answer 6

The tides will change when the moon rotates around the earth and the position of the sun changes (gravitational pull)

Question 7

Seasons definition

Answer 7

Caused by the tilt of earth on its axis as it rotates around the sun.

Question 8

Revolution definition

Answer 8

(movement around an orbit)

The Earth takes 365¼ days to complete one revolution around the sun.

Question 9

Rotations definition

Answer 9

When an object spins it is said to be rotating (earth)

It takes 24 hours to complete one rotation

Question 10

Orbits definition

Answer 10

An orbit is a regular and repeating path that one object in space takes around another one, like earth and the moon.

Question 11

What is the earths tilt

Answer 11

23.5 degrees

Question 12

Earths axis definition

Answer 12

An imaginary line drawn through the North Pole and the South Pole.

Question 13

Hemispheres definition

Answer 13

a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halfs

Question 14

Solstice definition

Answer 14

when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon,

Question 15

How does a lunar eclipse works

Answer 15

when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra

Question 16

How a solar eclipse works

Answer 16

Occurs when the Moon passes in front of the sun. Shading parts of the earth.

Question 17

total eclipse definition

Answer 17

When the sun is covered completely by the moon.

Question 18

How does a partial eclipse work

Answer 18

Is when part of the Sun is blocked by the Moon.

Question 19

Phases of the moon

Answer 19

The change in the shape of the Moon, due to how much of the sunlight side is facing the Earth.

Question 20

Umbra definition

Answer 20

The dark inner part of the moons shadow.

Question 21

Penumbra definition

Answer 21

The lighter part of a shadow found on the shadows edge

Question 22

All of the phases of the moon

Answer 22

New moon,waxing crescent,first quarter moon,waxing gibbous,full moon,waning gibbous,last quarter moon and the waning crescent

Question 23

Be able to demonstrate with a diagram a spring and neap tide

Answer 23

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Question 24

What creates the craters on the earth

Answer 24

From meteors and astroid breaking in space hitting the moon then having the Debre coming down hitting on the earth surface

Question 25

What is the difference between a lunar and solar eclipse

Answer 25

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the Moon and the Sun, and the Earth’s shadow obscures the moon or a portion of it. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking all or a portion of the Sun. An eclipse can be total, partial, or annular.

Question 26

What effect does the spring tide have on the earth

Answer 26

Spring tides affects the earth by the sun getting by the moon because the Earth is in one spot than the moon is next to it and the sun is next to the moon and the moon is completely covering the sun creating a new moon

Question 27

What is the position of the earth through out the year

Answer 27

23.5°