This phase occurs when the moon is completely lit up as seen from Earth.
What is a Full Moon?
Earth’s rotation causes this daily event.
What is day and night?
This planet is known for its rings.
What is Saturn?
The moon affects this daily movement of ocean water.
What is tides?
This type of eclipse happens when the moon blocks the sun’s light.
What is a Solar Eclipse?
The moon phase when only a small sliver is visible after a new moon.
Earth’s revolution around the sun takes this long.
What is one year?
The closest planet to the sun.
What is Mercury?
A solar eclipse happens when this blocks the sun.
What is the moon?
This force keeps the planets in orbit around the sun.
What is gravity?
This is the phase when half the moon is visible and it's getting smaller.
What is the Last Quarter or 3rd Quarter?
We have seasons because the Earth is tilted at this angle.
What is 23.5 degrees?
This planet is often called the "Red Planet."
What is Mars?
The Earth’s rotation takes this many hours.
What is 24 hours?
You can only see a total solar eclipse from this small area on Earth.
What is the Path of Totality?
This phase comes right before a full moon.
What is a waxing gibbous?
The day when we have the most daylight in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the summer solstice?
The largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes into this.
What is Earth’s shadow?
The strength of gravity depends on these two things.
What are mass and distance?
This occurs when the moon is completely dark and not visible from Earth.
What is a New Moon?
The equinox occurs when the day and night are this.
What is 12 hours of daylight & 12 hours of night?
The dwarf planet located in the Kuiper Belt.
What is Pluto?
The curved path Earth takes around the sun.
What is an orbit?
A lunar eclipse can only occur during this moon phase.
What is a Full Moon?