Practice Questions

• What motion of Earth causes day and night?

• Rotation

• What causes seasons to change?

• Earth’s revolution changes how energy from the Sun spreads out over Earth’s surface

Practice Questions

• What process goes on inside the Sun that creates large amounts of energy?

• Nuclear fusion

• _____ combine in the Sun’s core during nuclear fusion

• The energy released during fusion reaches Earth as light and __________ energy.

Practice Questions

• What is the shape of Earth’s orbit?

• Ellipse (nearly circular)

• What produces Earth’s revolution around the Sun?

• Sun’s gravitational pull on Earth

• If no gravity from the Sun…

• Earth would fly off into space

Practice Questions

• Describe Earth’s rotation, including how long it takes to complete one rotation.

• Earth rotates in a counterclockwise direction on an imaginary axis called the rotational axis. It takes 24 hours to complete one rotation

Practice Questions

• Describe how the light that strikes Earth is different at the poles compared to the equator

• Light strikes at right angles at the equator (more direct) and as a result is more intense, making it warmer

Practice Questions

• When is Earth closest to the Sun? Farthest from the Sun?

• Closest – January (winter)

• Farthest – May (summer)

• What direction do the north end of Earth’s rotation axis point when the Northern Hemisphere has summer?

• Towards the sun

Practice Questions

• What term refers to having “equal days and nights”?

• Equinox (‘Equi’ = equal) What other words have “equ” in them?

• What occurs when the Earth’s rotation axis is tilted most toward or away from the Sun?

• Solstice (summer and winter)

Practice Questions Sec.2

• What landforms are found on the moon?

• Highlands, maria, craters, and rays

• Explain how the Moon’s craters formed and why they haven’t changed much since their formation.

• Objects from space collided into the Moon. No atmosphere or water to cause weathering and erosion.

Practice Questions

• Describe the three motions of Earth’s moon.

• Moon rotates on its axis; revolves around Earth; and moves with Earth around the Sun

Practice Questions

• Why can we never see the far side of the Moon?

• The Moon makes one rotation in the same time as one revolution. That keeps one side permanently facing towards Earth and one side always facing away. (near side and far side)

Practice Questions• What causes the Moon phases?• The amount of light that is reflected from

the Moon that we see from Earth• What phases have more of the Moon lit

each night?• Waxing• What are the waning phases? Start after

Full Moon.• Waning gibbous, 3rd quarter, waning

crescent, new moon

Practice Questions Sec.3

• How are the umbra and penumbra of a shadow different?

• Umbra = darkest portion; light completely blocked

• Penumbra = lighter, outer portion; light only partially blocked

Practice Questions

• What happens during an eclipse?

• The sun is blocked

• What two types of eclipses occur?

• Solar and lunar

Practice Questions

• What happens during a solar eclipse? P.744

• Sun blocked during the day• Moon casts shadow on Earth• Earth – Moon – Sun • What phase of the moon would cause

this?• New moon – only phase when Moon is

between Earth and Sun

Practice Questions

• Why doesn’t everyone on Earth see a solar eclipse?

• The shadow would not cover very much area.

• Total eclipse - people in the umbra would be in darkness

• Partial eclipse - people in the penumbra would be in partial darkness

Practice Questions

• What is a lunar eclipse? P.746

• When the moon passes into Earth’s shadow

• When does a lunar eclipse occur?

• Full moon phase

• What parts of Earth would NOT see the eclipse?

• Any part facing the Sun (daytime)

Practice Questions

• What is a tide?

• Daily rise and fall of the sea

• What affects tides?

• Primarily the Moon’s gravitational pull causes tides to rise and fall

• How often do tides occur?

• Each day, twice a day

Practice Questions

• Spring tide = new and full moon

• Neap tide = week after spring tide

Chapter Review

8. Revolution9. Orbit10. Rotation11. Tides12. Rotation axis13. Solstice14. Equinox15. Lunar eclipse

p. 754 Multiple Choice

1. A. mass2. C. direction of sun’s

apparent motion across the sky

3. C. summer4. D. Earth’s surface

more tilted at the poles than equator

5. A. both are produced by gravity

6. B. 1st quarter moon7. C. moon makes

exactly 1 rotation for each revolution

8. C. twice each month9. B. 1:00 pm10.B. partial solar

eclipse

p. 755 – 14, 16, 17

14. The house is located in the southern hemisphere. The sun is higher in the sky at noon in January than it is at noon in July.

16. The moon blocks the entire Sun during a total solar eclipse. The moon blocks part of the Sun during a partial solar eclipse.

17. The moon’s orbit around Earth is tilted compared to Earth’s orbit around the Sun, so shadows do not line up directly