Moon Phases
When the moon is in a waxing phase is it getting more visible or less visible?
More visible.
What is a solar eclipse?
When the sun's rays are blocked by the moon coming between Earth and the Sun.
When earth spins around the sun is it rotation or revolution? How long does it take?
Revolution, it takes 365 days.
What is most responsible for the changing of the seasons?
Earth's tilt, but its revolution is important, too.
Why are shadows shorter in the summer months and longer in the winter months?
The sun rises above your head in the summer, but closer to the horizon in the winter.
During a full moon, what is the order of the moon, sun, and Earth?
Moon, Earth, then Sun.
What are the two parts of eclipse shadows called? Which is darker?
Umbra and penumbra. Umbra is the darkest part.
When earth spins on its' axis is it rotation or revolution? How long does on complete spin take?
If it is winter in the northern hemisphere, how is that hemisphere tilted?
Away from the sun.
What is the longest day of the year that occurs on June 21st called?
The summer solstice.
What side of the moon can you see during a waning gibbous?
Which type of eclipse are you more likely to see?
Lunar eclipse.
When the moon spins around the earth is that rotation or revolution? How long does one complete turn take?
Revolution, it takes about 28 days or 1 month.
If it is summer in the northern hemisphere, how is that hemisphere tilted?
Towards the sun.
What two days of the year do we experience an equal amount of daylight and darkness?
Spring and Fall equinox.
When you can only see a small, banana shaped portion of the moon, what is that called?
Crescent.
What path do you have to be on to see a total solar eclipse?
Path of totality.
What imaginary line does Earth rotate around?
If the Earth is neither tilted towards nor away from the sun, what two seasons can it be?
Spring or Fall.
What is the line called that separates the northern and southern hemispheres?
The equator.
In what two phases can you see exactly half of the moon?
1st quarter and 3rd quarter.
What is a lunar eclipse? What is the order of the moon, earth, and sun in a lunar eclipse?
A lunar eclipse is when the Earth blocks the sun's rays from reaching the moon. The order is sun, earth, and moon.
What is earth's revolutionary path called?
An orbit.
When is it summer in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere? Why?
It would be winter because if it is summer in the northern hemisphere it would be tilted toward the sun, meaning the southern hemisphere is tilted away so it is winter.
Why does Earth's tilt cause different seasons (hint: the answer is not that it is closer to the sun)?
The sun's rays directly hit the hemisphere tilted towards the sun, but do not directly hit the hemisphere tilted away from the sun.