Name: ______Period: ______

Training Activity #3: Seasons, Moon Phases, and Tides

Earth’s Rotation

  • The spinning of the Earth on its ______.
  • The Earth spins counterclockwise.
  • One rotation takes ______.
  • This causes day and night.

Earth’s Revolution

  • The movement of the Earth in its______around the sun.
  • It takes 365 ¼ days (1 year) for one revolution.
  • The Earth orbits (revolves) the sun in a ______direction.

Cause of the Seasons

  • Seasons are caused by the ______of the Earth as it revolves around the Sun.
  • The earth is tilted ______° on it’s axis.
  • This is also the reason that the Southern Hemisphere has ______seasons than the Northern Hemisphere.

What causes seasons? Video

Fill in this sentence from the video:

Season occur because of ______!

Angle of Insolation

  • The angle of insolation is the ______at which the sun’s rays strike a particular location on Earth.
  • INcoming______radiATION
  • This affects us daily as well as ______.

Seasons and Angle of Insolation

  • Summer is ______than winter because the sun is at a higher angle of insolation (more direct).
  • The sun can be directly overhead in the ______during winter and summer.
  • The sun is directly over the ______in the beginning of spring and fall.

March 20th or 21st: Spring Equinox (Northern Hemisphere)

  • Equal ______and ______.
  • Equinox means "Equal Night" in Latin.
  • Days begin to be longer and nights shorter.
  • Sun is directly over the ______.

June 21st or 22nd : Summer Solstice (Northern Hemisphere)

  • ______day of the year for us.
  • Sun is directly over the Tropic of ______.
  • Solstice mean "To stand still" in Latin.
  • ______of the Arctic Circle has 24 hours of daylight.

September 22nd or 23rd: Autumnal Equinox (Northern Hemisphere)

  • ______day and night
  • Days begin to be shorter and nights longer.
  • ______is directly over the equator.

December 21st or 22nd: Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere)

  • ______day of the year.
  • Sun is directly over the Tropic of ______.
  • South of the ______Circle has 24 hours of daylight.

“A Day On Earth” Study Jams Video

What are 2 important things you learned from this video?

  1. ______
  1. ______

Click on “Test Yourself” to take the Quiz at the end.

Quiz Score: ______/7

Moon Phases

  • As the moon ______around the Earth, the amount of sunlight on the side of the moon that faces the Earth changes.
  • The different appearances of the moon due to its ______positions are called the moon phases.
  • It takes about ______days for the moon to revolve around the Earth.

Fill in the blanks:

“The Moon” Study Jams Slide Show

What are 2 important things you learned from this slide show?

  1. ______
  2. ______

Click on “Test Yourself” to take the Quiz at the end.

Quiz Score: ______/7

Tides

The sun, the ______and the rotation of the earth are the major forces involved in creating the tides

The Moon's gravitational forces are strong enough to cause the water levels to '______.'

As the Moon orbits our planet and as the Earth rotates, the bulge also moves.

The areas of the Earth where the bulging occurs experience high tide, and the other areas are subject to a low tide.

Fill in the blanks on this diagram: