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Go to the next slide by clicking mouse.Choose a category and number value clicking on the button.When you answer the question you can click on the green button to find the correct answer.To select a new question click on the red game board button.From the game board you can click on the blue button to see the score board.

GameBoard The Earth, Moon and Time

Moon Phases

Earth in Space

Seasons Tides It’s About

Time

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100The moon phase that

occurs when the moon is directly between the Earth

and the Sun.

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Moon Phases 100 A

What is the new moon.


200

The angle between the Earth and the Sun during either the first or the last quarter

moon phase.

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200 A

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What is a 90 degree angle?

SunEarth

moon


300

Between the full moon and the third quarter

moon is the ____ ______ phase.

Answer


300A

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What is the waning gibbous.


400Between the waxing

crescent and the waxing gibbous is the

________phase.

Answer


400A

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What is the first quarter?


500

Name the phases of the moon starting with the new moon.

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500A

What are new moon, waxing crescent, 1st

quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon,

waning gibbous, last quarter, and waning crescent?

GameBoard Earth in Space

100

The Earth is the ______

planet from the Sun.

Answer

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Earth in Space

100A

What is third?

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Earth in Space 200

About how long does it take for the Earth to rotate once on its axis.

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200A

What is twenty four hours.

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Earth in Space

300The north and south poles are tilted on a

_________ degree angle.

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Earth in Space 300 A

What is twenty three and an half?


400

Every 365 and ¼ days the Earth travels once around the sun, this is known as a _____________.

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Earth in Space

400A

What is a revolution?

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Earth in Space 500

When the sun’s rays fall directly at 23.5 degrees north latitude what month is it?

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500 A

What is June?(The summer

solstice.)

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‘Tis the Season100

The season in the northern hemisphere

at the location labeled A?

AnswerA

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‘Tis the Season

100A

What is winter?

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‘Tis the Season

200

The season in the southern

hemispere at location B.

Answer

B

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200A

What is spring?

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‘Tis the Season

300During which months do

the solstices occur?

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300AWhat are

winter and summer?


400This is the longest day of the year in

the northern hemisphere?

Answer


400A

What is the summer solstice, or June 21 or 22.


500

When is the shortest day in the southern

hemisphere?

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500A

What June 21st, the winter solstice in the S. Hemisphere.

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100

High and low tides are mostly caused by….

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Tides

100AWhat is the moon or moon’s gravity.

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200

Explain why there are two high tides and two low tides every

day on Earth.

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Tides

200AThe Earth turns once on its

axis every day. There is a high tide on the Earth closest

to the moon and on the opposite side of the Earth as

well.

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Tides

300

Answer

Describe the location of the Earth Moon and Sun during a spring tide.

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Tides

300AWhat is the Earth, moon and sun are in

a straight line.

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Tides

400The type of tide that

occurs when the Earth, sun and moon are at right angles.

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400AWhat is a neap tide.

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Tides

500During which moon phase

does a 1. solar eclipse, 2. lunar eclipse, and 3. spring tide occur?

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Tides

500A1. Solar eclipse new moon

2. Lunar eclipse full moon

3. Spring tides new and full moon phase

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100

What time is it in New York City when it is 5:00 pm in Brookings?

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100A

What is 7:00 pm?


200

How many times zones are in the United States, not

counting Hawaii and Alaska?

Answer


200A

What are :

Four

Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones.


300

When it is 12:00 noon in Greenwich, England, what time would it be on the International dateline?

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300AWhat is midnight?


400

How many times zones are on Earth and how many degrees longitude between time zones?

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400A

What is 24 time zones and there are about 15 degrees longitude between each zone. (Some countries boarders zig and zag around the longitude lines.)


500

Answer

If you cross the international date line going west at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, what time

and day will it be on the other side of the

date line?


500A

What is Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.?

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