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Earth in Space
Write the letter of the correct answer on the line at the left. 1. ___ Earth is closest to the sun when it is 2. ___ When it is summer in the Southern summer in the Hemisphere, it is winter in the A Southern Hemisphere A equator B Northern Hemisphere B Northern Hemisphere C Western Hemisphere C Western Hemisphere D Eastern Hemisphere D Eastern Hemisphere 3. ___ In June, there are fewer hours of 4. ___ Each of the two days of the year daylight and less direct sunlight in the when neither hemisphere is tilted A Southern Hemisphere toward or away from the sun is B Northern Hemisphere called a(n) C Western Hemisphere A winter solstice D Eastern Hemisphere B summer solstice C rotation D equinox

Fill in the blank to complete each statement. Word bank: Seasons, ellipse, calendar, rotation, year, equinox
5. Earth has _____________ because its axis is tilted as it revolves around the sun. 6. Earths _____________ causes day and night. 7. Earths orbit is a slightly elongated circle, or _____________. 8. One revolution of Earth around the sun is called a(n) _____________. 9. The most common _____________ in use today is divided into years, months, and days. 10. The __________________________ occurs around March 21 in the Southern Hemisphere.

Building Vocabulary
Match each term with its definition by writing the letter of the correct definition in the right column on the line beside the term in the left column. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. ___ axis ___ rotation ___ revolution ___ orbit ___ calendar ___ equinox a. path of Earth as it revolves around the sun b. defines the beginning, length, and divisions of a year c. line passing through Earths center and poles d. when the sun is farthest north or south of the equator e. movement of Earth around the sun f. movement of Earth around its axis

17. ___ solstice

g. when the noon sun is directly overhead at the equator

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Phases and Eclipses

1. What phase of the moon would someone on Earth see when the moon is at Positions A through F?

A: __________________________________ B: __________________________________ C: __________________________________ D: __________________________________ E: __________________________________ F: __________________________________ Word Bank: eclipse, penumbra, umbra, solar, phase, lunar 2. A(n) _____________ occurs when the moons shadow hits Earth or Earths shadow hits the moon. 3. A person standing in the moons _________________ would see a partial solar eclipse. 4. A person standing in the moons _________________ would see a total solar eclipse. 5. The _______ of the moon you see depends on how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth. 6. A(n) _________ eclipse occurs at a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun. 7. A(n) _________________ occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the sun.

Write the letter of the correct answer on the line at the left.
8. ___ A solar eclipse occurs when the moon A B C D passes into the penumbra of Earth passes into the umbra of Earth passes at a slight tilt between Earth and the sun passes directly between Earth and the sun 9. ___ When Earth is directly between the moon and the sun, A B C D a total solar eclipse occurs a lunar eclipse occurs a partial solar eclipse occurs the penumbra of the moon shrivels

10. ___ As the moon moves through Earths shadow, A B C D a lunar eclipse occurs the phases of the moon occur a solar eclipse occurs a new orbital path is formed

11. A B C D

___ Like Earth, the moon rotates and waxes goes through a cycle of phases each month revolves wanes

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Tides
Understanding Main Ideas
Use the diagram below to answer Question 1 in the spaces provided.

1. What kind of tide will occur when the moon is at positions A, C, D, and F?

Building Vocabulary
Word bank: neap, gravity, spring tide, tides, spring

2. A(n) ____________ tide occurs when the sun is at right angles to the line between Earth and the moon. 3. Differences in the moons and suns pull on different sides of Earth cause _______________. 4. A(n) ______________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth and the moon are nearly in a line. 5. _______________pulls all objects in the universe, including the moon and Earth and the sun and Earth, toward each other. 6. The term _______________________ comes from an Old English word, springen, meaning to jump.

Write the letter of the correct answer on the line at the left.
7. ____ The bulge of water on the side of Earth closest to the moon produces A B C D low tide neap tide high tide rip tide 9. ____ Water flows toward the high tides, halfway between them causing A B C D low tides neap tides high tides rip tides

8. ____ Tides are the cycle of rising and falling ocean water that repeats approximately A B C D every 24 hours every 12.5 hours every 25 hours every 6.25 hours

10. ____ A spring tide can occur A B C D in any month after March in March, april, or May in late Februaryearly June in any month of the year