seasons
moon
tides
vocab
mixed bag
100
Equinoxes include these two seasons.
What is spring and fall?
100
This object revolves around the Earth.
What is the Moon?
100
Tides are caused by this.
What is the gravitational pull of the Moon, Sun, and Earth?
100
The spin of an object around its axis is called this.
What is rotation?
100
This is the largest object in our solar system.
What is the Sun?
200
The equinox occurs this many times a year.
What is two times?
200
A lunar eclipse occurs during this type of moon.
What is a full moon?
200
These tides are higher than usual tides.
What are spring tides?
200
The orbit of an object around another object is called this.
What is revolution?
300
The solstice occurs during these two seasons.
What are winter and summer?
300
It takes the Moon approximately this long to orbit around the Earth.
What is 27 days? (27.3 to be exact)
300
These tides are lower than usual.
What are neap tides?
300
When exactly 50 percent of the moon is bright, it's known as this type of moon.
What is quarter moon?
300
Earth is a part of this galaxy.
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
400
This causes seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth's axis as it orbits the sun?
400
When you can see more and more of the Moon, it is doing this.
What is waxing?
400
Spring tides occur during these two moon phases.
What are the full and new moons?
400
It takes this many days for the Earth to REVOLVE around the Sun.
What is 365 days? (365.25 days to be exact)
400
A new moon looks like this.
What is nothing because it's not visible?
500
Equinox means this.
What is "equal day and equal night"?
500
When you see less and less of the moon it is doing this.
What is waning?
500
It takes approximately this much time for the Earth to ROTATE on its axis.
What is 24 hours?
500
A gibbous moon occurs when this percent or more of the moon is bright.
What is 50%?
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