Vocabulary
The bright star the Earth revolves around.
What is the Sun?
When the sun is fully obscured by the Moon it is called a _____________
The Earth takes how many days to make a full orbit around the sun
365
The different shapes we see of the moon from Earth is called a ______.
Phase
The four seasons
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Known as Earth's satelite.
The Moon
When the Earth's shadow totally covers the moon it is called a ___________________.
What is a total lunar eclipse?
The spin of the Earth on it's axis is called ________.
Rotation
The number of days it takes the moon to complete is full cycle of phases.
29.5
We live in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere.
Northern
The force that keeps your feet on the ground and Earth revolving around the sun.
What is gravity
Only part of the sun is covered during _______________
A partial solar eclipse
The path the Earth follows around the sun is called ________.
The Orbit
Waxing
In the southern Hemisphere Christmas is celebrated during what season?
Summer
Your ________ doesn't change no matter what planet you're on and their gravity.
What is mass?
A lunar eclipse can only happen when you have a __________ moon.
Full Moon
The earth rotations on an imaginary line that passes through the center of the north and south poles.
During a new moon which part of the moon can we see from Earth?
The shortest day of the year is _________.
Winter Solstice
An object at rest will stay at rest is an example of ______________.
What is Newton's first law of motion?
Another name for a total lunar eclipse.
Blood moon
The tool we use to establish length of time it takes the earth to revolve around teh sun.
Calendar
A First and third quarter moon both show how much of the moon's surface from Earth.
Half
The longest day of the day is ___________.
Summer Solstice