LESSON 1 NOTES: EARTH’S DAYS, YEAR, AND SEASONS PAGES 141-148
1. What is rotation?
2. How long does it take the Earth to rotate?
3. What is revolution?
4. How long does it take the Earth to complete one revolution?
5. Describe three conditions that are affected by the tilt of the Earth’s axis.
A.
B.
C.
6. Why do we experience seasons?
7. Seasons in the Northern Hemisphere
A. Summer or June Solstice
1. Begins on:
2. Sun’s rays are most direct at:
3. Length of day/night:
4. Season in the Southern Hemisphere:
B. Fall or September (Autumnal) Equinox
1. Begins on:
2. Sun’s rays are most direct at:
3. Length of day/night:
4. Season in the Southern Hemisphere:
C. Winter or December Solstice
1. Begins on:
2. Sun’s rays are most direct at:
3. Length of day/night:
4. Season in the Southern Hemisphere:
D. Spring or March (Vernal) Equinox
1. Begins on:
2. Sun’s rays are most direct at:
3. Length of day/night:
4. Season in the Southern Hemisphere:
LESSON 2: MOON PHASES AND ECLIPSES PAGES 153-160
1. Why is the moon called a satellite?
2. What is gravity?
3. When is the moon visible from Earth?
4. How long does it take the moon to rotate on its axis?
5. How long does it take the moon to orbit the Earth once?
6. How long is a lunar cycle?
7. What are lunar phases?
8. What is the difference between the:
Full moon and new moon?
Waxing and waning crescent?
First and third quarter?
Waxing and waning gibbous?
8. What is an eclipse?
9. What is the umbra?
10. What is the penumbra?
11. Why don’t we see solar and lunar eclipses every month?
12. When does a lunar eclipse occur?
13.Draw and label a lunar eclipse.
13. Why do lunar eclipses occur only at new moon?
14. When does a solar eclipse occur?
15. Draw and label a solar eclipse.
16. Why do solar eclipses occur only at new moon?
Directions: Write down as many differences as you can between lunar and solar eclipses.
Record them in the T-chart below.
LUNAR ECLIPSE
SOLAR ECLIPSE
LESSON 3: EARTH’S TIDES PAGES 167-174
1. What is a tide?
2. What causes tides?
3. What is high tide?
4. What is low tide?
5. How many high tides and low tides occur in one day for most places on Earth?
6. What is tidal range?
7. Spring tides:
A. occur when:
B. occur during moon phases:
C. gravitational pull is:
8. Neap tides:
A. occur when:
B. occur during moon phases:
C. gravitational pull is:
9. How much later does the cycle of tides occur each day?