Name: __________________________________________

Unit 5- Seasons, Lunar Cycle and Tides

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Parent Initials: __________

Vocabulary:

Lunar Cycle

You should be able to:

Name each phase of the lunar cycle

Predict the next phases of a lunar cycle given a random starting point

Explain the difference between rotation and revolution

Explain what causes the moon to orbit Earth

Lunar Cycle
Orbits
Solar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse
Waxing
Crescent
Waxing
Gibbous
Tides

Waning
You should be able to:
Crescent
Know that the moons gravitational pull causes tides to occur

Waning
Know during which lunar phases spring tides occur
Gibbous
Know during which lunar phases neap tides occur
Quarter
Hemisphere
Drawing
Solar eclipse
You should be able to:
Lunar Eclipse
Sketch the Lunar Cycle
Ocean Tides
High Tide
Seasons
Low tide
You should be able to:
Gravity
Name each season and the date they begin on
Spring Tide
Understand that seasons in the southern hemisphere are opposite
Neap Tide
to those in the northern hemisphere
Rotation
Understand that summer is caused by the direct solar energy the earth receives
Revolution
Understand that winter is caused by the indirect solar energy the earth receives
Orbit
Tilt
Axis
Hemisphere