What is a difference between spring and neap tides?

Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon.

Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases

Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides

Spring tides occur in Spring and neap tides can occur in any season

Neap tides happen during ___________ and _____________ moons.

waxing gibbous / waning gibbous

waxing crescent / waning crescent

What is the correct order of the planets in the Solar System, starting closest to the Sun?

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,

Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn

What do Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars all have in common?

They are considered terrestrial planets, that is rocky or have metals with hard surface.

They are all very cold planets.

The four inner planets are rocky and small. Which description best fits the next four outer planets?

They are very large, made of gases with no solid surface

They are very large and has no moons

They are small and made of ice.

Which would create the strongest gravity?

Two large planets close together

If a planet has too much inertia, what would happen to it?

It would get pulled into its star

What is the definition of orbit?

The path an object follows as it moves around another object.

The spinning of the Earth on its axis.

If a planet does not have enough inertia, what would happen to it?

It would get pulled into its star

The force that pulls things toward each other.

Something that pulls things on Earth down.

Proximity to the Sun means...

How close an object in our solar system is to the Sun

A proximity warning is given to an astronaut when the oxygen level in the spacesuit drops below 10 pounds/square inch of atmosphere

The intensity of the Sun's radiation on Earth

Why is the Sun important to life on Earth?

The Sun's radiant energy is converted to food by plants in a process called photosynthesis

The Sun's radiant energy is converted into liquid water

Radiant energy from the Sun is absorbed and released in a delicate balance for life to exist.

Why is liquid water important for life to exist?

delivery mechanism, dissolving essential nutrients and delivering them to cells.

Other life forms get thirsty just like humans

Liquid water is important for rain to fall and wash the pollution from the surface of the planet

The atmosphere is important to life on Earth because...

blocks the Sun's dangerous radiation and traps heat making Earth a comfortable temperature

The atmosphere keeps thunderstorms from becoming too large and causing catastrophic damage to Earth

The atmosphere traps cold air just above the surface and without this cold air we would not receive the rain that we needed.

What three things do Astrobiologists look for when searching for life beyond Earth?

liquid water, an oxygen containing atmosphere, and an energy source

What is the breakdown of gases in Earth's atmosphere?

79% Nitrogen, 20% Oxygen, and 1% other gases

79% Oxygen, 20 % Nitrogen, and 1% other gases

79% Oxygen, 20% Carbon Dioxide, and 1% water vapor

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Which of the following means to turn on an axis?

relax

rotate

revolve

return

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How long does it take for the Earth to make one complete rotation?

365 days/1 year

1 week

24 hours/1 day

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summer

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Earth's axis is tilted at -

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Earth's axis is tilted at -

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 3?

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Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 2?

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