It's Just a Phase, Mom
How many moon phases are there?
What is 8 moon phases
What happens when the Earth, Sun, and Moon are in perfect alignment?
What is an eclipse
The imaginary line that Earth rotates on and causes seasons
What is the axis
What is orbit
The eclipse that occurs when the Earth, Moon, and Sun are in perfect alignment - where the moon blocks sunlight from hitting the Earth
What is a solar eclipse?
When half of the moon is illuminated
What is a quarter moon
The eclipse type where the Moon, Earth, and Sun are in alignment. The Earth is blocking sunlight from hitting the moon.
What is a lunar eclipse
The imaginary line that goes across Earth - this separates the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere
What is the Equator
When an object in space makes one full spin on its axis
What is rotation
The moon phase that occurs closest to the sun
What is a New Moon
The type of moon phase meaning "Light on right"
What is a Waxing Moon
What is the penumbra
The Earth's axis is tilted _______ degrees
What is 23.5 degrees
The force or natural pull that of objects towards one another
What is gravity
The meaning of C-E-R
What is Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning
The amount of days it takes for the moon to go through all of its phases?
What is 29.5 days?
The small, narrow, dark shadow where you can view a total eclipse
What is an umbra
Because of Earth's ______________ _______, the moon orbits around it
What is gravitational pull
The border between light and dark on the moon
What is the terminator
The season that occurs in Australia when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
What is Winter
The amount of days it takes for the moon to orbit Earth
What is 27.3 days
The eclipse that occurs when the moon looks smaller because it is further away from the Earth, and then partially blocks the sun
What is an annular eclipse
A region experiences warmer weather if it closer to Earth's ________________
What is equator
A person who takes pictures of objects in space
What is an astrophotographer
The name of a system that has two stars
(hint: think of Kepler 47b and 47c)
What is a binary star system?