The Moon
The Earth's only natural satellite
What is the Moon?
The imaginary line through the North and South Poles on which the Earth spins
What is the axis?
The seasons occur because the Earth does this on its axis
What is tilts?
As the Moon orbits the Earth, this is what lights up the moon
What is the Sun?
This type of eclipse allows part of either the sun or the moon to be seen
What is a partial eclipse?
The moon is made mostly of this type of rock
What is igneous?
This causes day and night on Earth
What is summer?
There are this many different phases of the moon
What is eight?
When the Earth blocks sunlight to the full moon
What is a lunar eclipse?
These are made from the impacts of meteoroids and asteroids
What are craters?
The tilt of the Earth on its axis during rotation causes these while it revolves around the sun
What are seasons?
In the Southern Hemisphere, this season starts in December
What is summer?
The lunar cycle takes about this length of time to complete
What is one month?
When the new moon is between the Sun and the Earth
What is a solar eclipse?
Because the Moon is smaller, this force is 1/6th of what it is on Earth.
What is gravity?
This is the exact number of days it takes for the Earth to revolve around the sun
What is 365 1/4 days?
Temperatures along this imaginary line are almost always the same throughout the year
What is the equator?
If the Moon is increasing the amount of light it is showing
What is waxing?
The cone-shaped and darkest part of an eclipses shadow
What is an umbra?
What is the exosphere?
The path of the revolution of the Earth around the Sun
What is orbit?
The North and South Poles do not experience these seasons
What are spring and fall?
This is the only moon phase that occurs twice a month, but with opposite sides of the moon being lit
What is half moon? (First Quarter and Last Quarter)
What is a penumbra?