Moon Phases
The skinniest phase of the moon.
What is a crescent moon?
The bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass.
What is reflection?
The period of time it takes the Earth to revolve once.
What is 24 hours?
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This is the name of our galaxy.
What is the Milky Way?
As the moon is waxing, this phase comes between the half moon and the full moon.
What is waxing gibbous?
These colors are viewed well underwater and are commonly used in fishing lures.
What are (any number of these are accepted) orange, yellow, and pink?
The spinning motion of a planet on its axis.
What is rotation?
The amount of time it takes the Earth to completely orbit the sun.
What is 365 days?
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When the Earth comes directly between the sun and the moon.
The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another.
What is refraction?
This phenomena is responsible for seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth?
The collection of celestial objects rotating around the sun.
What is the solar system?
This period of time is how long it takes to get from one full moon to the next full moon.
What is about one month?
The large amount of atmosphere light has to travel through during sunrise/set.
Why does the sky turn colors during sunrise/set?
These small things cause the color change of the sun's light in the atmosphere.
What are particles?
When the moon comes directly between the sun and the Earth.
What is a solar eclipse?
The light from the sun reflected on the moon is viewed differently at different positions around the Earth.
Why are there moon phases?
Daily quintuple:
The cause of the change in color of stars and planets because of their movement and/or the Earth's movement.What is Doppler Shift?
An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles, about which Earth rotates
What is the Earth's axis?
The reason for the apparent movement of the stars.
What is the rotation of the Earth?