Keller - 3rd Earth, Sun, Moon Cycles

Question 1

The earth ___________ on its axis and orbit the sun.

Answer 1

rotates

Question 2

An ________ is an imaginary straight line around the Earth rotates.

Answer 2

axis

Question 3

The axis goes from ________ pole to the ________ pole.

Answer 3

North, South

Question 4

The earth’s __________ causes day and night.

Answer 4

rotation

Question 5

What is rotation?

Answer 5

The spinning of an object on its axis.

Question 6

It takes the earth ____________ to make one rotation.

Answer 6

one day or 24 hours

Question 7

The earth revolves around the _______.

Answer 7

sun

Question 8

What causes the seasons?

Answer 8

The tilt of the earth on its axis

Question 9

How long does it take the earth to make one revolution around the sun.

Answer 9

365 1/4 days

Question 10

The ________ of the moon are different shapes the moon seems to have in the night sky.

Answer 10

phases

Question 11

The moon repeats phases how often?

Answer 11

Once a month

Question 12

What is the cause of the phases of the moon?

Answer 12

positions of the sun, earth, and moon

Question 13

No matter what phase the moon is in, _____ of it is ALWAYS lit by the sun.

Answer 13

HALF (the half that is facing the sun is always lit)

Question 14

Why does we see lunar phases?

Answer 14

As the moon moves in its orbit, different positions of it appear to be lit up as we look at it from earth.

Question 15

The moon creates ______ and ______ tides on earth.

Answer 15

high and low

Question 16

When the ocean moves away from the land, it is _______ tide.

Answer 16

low

Question 17

When the ocean moves towards the land, it is _______ tide.

Answer 17

high

Question 18

What does a new moon look like?

Answer 18

explain or draw

Question 19

What does a crescent moon look like?

Answer 19

explain or draw

Question 20

What does a quarter moon look like?

Answer 20

explain or draw

Question 21

What does a gibbous moon look like?

Answer 21

explain or draw

Question 22

We don’t feel the earth moving but it is never still. It is always moving in ______ way.

Answer 22

two

Question 23

The earth _________ around which is what causes day and night.

Answer 23

rotates (or spins)

Question 24

How long does one rotation of the earth take?

Answer 24

24 hours or one day

Question 25

The sun shines on the earth as it spins but sunlight is only shining on the side of the earth facing the sun - this side is _______.

Answer 25

day

Question 26

The dark side is _______.

Answer 26

night

Question 27

As the earth rotates, we move from ______ to _______ over and over again.

Answer 27

day to night

Question 28

What is it called when the earth travels around the sun?

Answer 28

orbit

Question 29

How long does it take the earth to orbit the sun?

Answer 29

about one year or 365 days

Question 30

As the earth moves around the sun, the ________ change.

Answer 30

seasons

Question 31

What causes the seasons?

Answer 31

the tilt of the earth

Question 32

Different parts of the earth get more or less sunlight at different times of the year. An area gets more sunlight in the __________ and less in the ____________.

Answer 32

summer; winter

Question 33

The poles are ________ straight up and down. The earth is _________.

Answer 33

NOT; tilted

Question 34

If the northern side of the earth is tilted toward the sun, it is _________ there.

Answer 34

summer

Question 35

If the northern side of the earth is tilted way from the sun, it is ________.

Answer 35

winter