Seasons And Eclipses

What is an imaginary line around the earth that divides it into 2 halves, northern and southern hemispheres?

• prime meridian

• tropic of capricorn

• equator

• North Pole

What is the path an object follows as it moves around another object?

• rotation

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

This occurs when the moon moves directly into the shadow of the Earth...

• Waxing Gibbous

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

• New Moon

The motion of one object around another object is called

• axis

• rotation

• eclipsing

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Sunlight that hits the surface of the Earth straight on with intensity is ....

• direct sunlight

• indirect sunlight

This occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth and casts a shadow over part of the Earth...

• lunar eclipse

• leap year

• Summer Solstice

• Solar Eclipse

The imaginary line on which an object rotates is the....

• prime meridian

• South Pole

• Axis

• Tropic of Cancer

A day when Earth's rotation axis is the most toward or away from the Sun is called the...

• solstice

• leap year

• equinox

• equator

A day when Earth's rotation axis is learning along Earth's orbit, neither toward nor away from the Sun is called the...

• Solstice

• Equator

• Leap Year

• Equinox

How are tides caused?

• When the Moon is in line with Jupiter and the Earth

• The Moon's gravity gently pulls Earth's waters

• The equator flips during the month

• The Moon's reflective light heats up waters