Moon Phases
Which moon phase occurs when the Moon is completely illuminated?
What is ... a Full Moon
A solar eclipse can only occur during which moon phase?
What is ... A new moon
If it is a hot, sunny day in July in New York City (Northern Hemisphere), what season and general weather are students experiencing in Sydney, Australia (Southern Hemisphere)?
What is ... winter
What causes seasons?
Revolution + Earth's tilt
What is Earth's axial tilt?
What is ... 23.5°
If the Moon phase is waxing, what is happening?
What is ... the illuminated part is getting larger
A lunar eclipse can only occur during which phase?
What is ... a full moon
The Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience opposite seasons because of this ...
What is ... The Earth's Tilt
Why are days longer in the summer and shorter in the winter?
what is ... the axial tilt, the hemisphere tilted toward the Sun spends more time in the sunlight as Earth rotates
One revolution around the sun takes...
1 year/365 days
Which moon phase occurs after the full moon?
What is ... a wanning gibbous
Which statement explains how a lunar eclipse happens?
A. The sun casts a shadow on Earth.
B. Earth casts a shadow on the moon.
C. The moon casts a shadow on Earth.
what is ... B, Earth casts a shadow on the moon.
What imaginary line splits the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, and what degree of latitude is it?
What is ... the equator at 0° latitude
If you measure the shadow of a school flagpole at exactly noon in June and exactly noon in December, which shadow will be longer?
What is ... December, the sun sits lower in the sky
What shape is Earth's orbit around the Sun?
What is ... a Oval
What moon phase occurs between the new moon and first quarter?
What is ... a waxing crescent
What Earth-Sun-Moon Pattern must align to create a lunar eclipse?
What is ... Sun-Earth-Moon
Why does the equator experience the same temperature/seasons year round?
What is ... direct sunlight year round/sunlight at every angle
If Earth’s axis were completely straight (0° tilt) instead of tilted, how would our weather and seasons change?
What is ... Both hemispheres would receive consistent sunlight year-round, meaning little to no seasonal changes
What is the difference between Earth's "rotation" and Earth's "revolution"?
What is ... Rotation is spinning on its axis/causes day and night; revolution is traveling around the sun/takes a year
What moon phase occurs between the last quarter moon and new moon?
What is ... a waning crescent
What Earth-Sun-Moon Pattern must align to create a Solar eclipse?
What is ... Sun-Moon-Earth.
When the Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, it experiences
What is ... Summer
Why do the North and South Poles experience 24 hours of daylight during their respective summers, yet they never get as hot as the equator, which only gets 12 hours of daylight?
What is ... the angle of sunlight and atmospheric path length
If Earth's orbit suddenly sped up and took only 200 days to go around the Sun, how would that change our calendar and our lives?
What is ... Shorter years, faster-changing seasons