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Question 1

What is a neap tide?

Answer 1

A neap tide is a tide with the least difference between high and low tides.

It happens during the first and last quarters of the moon.

Question 2

What is an orbital period?

Answer 2

The orbital period is the time it takes for an object to complete one full orbit around another object.

For example, Earth’s orbital period around the sun is one year.

Question 3

What are lunar phases?

Answer 3

Lunar phases are the different shapes the moon seems to have as it orbits the Earth.

1 full cycle takes 29.5 days.

Question 4

What is a lunar eclipse?

Answer 4

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth moves between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the moon.

Can only happen during certain full moons.

Question 5

What is orbital velocity?

Answer 5

Orbital velocity is the speed at which an object moves around another object in space. It helps to keep objects in their orbits.

Question 6

What role does gravity play in the Earth-Moon-Sun system?

Answer 6

Gravity keeps objects, like the Earth, moon, and sun, in their orbits around each other by pulling them together.

Question 7

How does uneven heating of the Earth affect seasons?

Answer 7

Uneven heating due to the Earth’s tilt creates temperature variations, causing different seasons as different parts of the Earth receive varying amounts of sunlight throughout the year.

Question 8

What is the difference between rotation and revolution?

Answer 8

Rotation causes day and night as the Earth spins on its axis, while revolution causes the Earth to orbit the sun, creating our year.

Question 9

What is gravity?

Answer 9

Gravity is the force that pulls things towards each other. On Earth, it keeps us on the ground and makes things fall when we drop them.

Question 10

How do mass and distance impact gravitational pull?

Answer 10

Gravitational pull increases with mass and decreases with distance.

Objects with more mass have stronger gravitational pulls, while increasing distance weakens gravitational attraction.

Question 11

How do you identify the type of eclipse?

Answer 11

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, blocking sunlight. A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth comes between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the moon.

Question 12

How does the tilt of the Earth impact seasons?

Answer 12

The Earth’s tilt causes different parts of the Earth to receive varying amounts of sunlight throughout the year, leading to seasons.

Question 13

What is waxing?

Answer 13

Waxing is when the illuminated part of the moon appears to be getting bigger.

Question 14

What is rotation?

Answer 14

Rotation is when an object spins around an imaginary line called an axis.

For instance, the Earth rotates, making day and night.

Question 15

How do you determine the phase of the moon?

Answer 15

The phase of the moon depends on its position relative to the Earth and the sun.

For example, a new moon occurs when the moon is between the Earth and the sun.

Question 16

Why do objects appear to move in the sky?

Answer 16

Objects appear to move because the Earth rotates on its axis, making the sun, moon, and stars seem to rise and set.

Question 17

What is an orbit?

Answer 17

An orbit is the path an object, like a planet or a moon, takes around another object in space, such as the Earth around the sun.

Question 18

What is a spring tide?

Answer 18

A spring tide is a tide with the greatest difference between high and low tides.

It happens during the full and new moons.

Question 19

What is a solar eclipse?

Answer 19

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth, blocking the sun’s light temporarily.

Can only happen during certain new moons.

Question 20

How can you identify the season a location will experience?

Answer 20

Depending on its position relative to the sun, a location will experience different seasons.

For instance, if a location is tilted toward the sun, it will likely experience summer.

Question 21

What are seasons?

Answer 21

Seasons are different times of the year characterized by distinct weather patterns, caused by the tilt of the Earth as it orbits the sun.

Question 22

What is the relationship between lunar phases and eclipses?

Answer 22

Eclipses happen during specific lunar phases; solar eclipses occur during a new moon, while lunar eclipses occur during a full moon.

Question 23

What is the relationship between lunar phases and tides?

Answer 23

Tides are influenced by the positions of the sun, moon, and Earth.

When the sun and moon are aligned (during full and new moons), their combined gravity causes higher high tides (spring tides) and lower low tides. When they are at right angles (during quarter moons), we get neap tides.

Question 24

What is the tilt of the Earth?

Answer 24

The tilt of the Earth is the angle at which the Earth is tilted on its axis. This tilt causes the change in seasons as different parts of the Earth receive varying amounts of sunlight throughout the year.

Question 25

What are tides?

Answer 25

Tides are the rising and falling of Earth’s oceans caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun.

Question 26

What is waning?

Answer 26

Waning is when the illuminated part of the moon appears to be getting smaller.

Question 27

What is revolution?

Answer 27

Revolution is when an object moves around another object in space.

For instance, the Earth revolves around the sun.