Moon Phases
Eclipse
Rotation&Revolution
Seasons
Misc
100
What is happening if a moon is in a waxing phase?
The lighted side is getting bigger.
100
An eclipse is the partial or total ______ of one object in space by another.
blocking
100
What causes day and night?
Earths Rotation
100
Which season gets the most direct sun rays?
summer
100
What is the hottest planet in the solar system?
Venus
200
What is happening if a moon is in a waning phase?
The lighted side gets smaller
200
What are the 2 types of eclipses?
Solar and Lunar Eclipse
200
How long it take for the earth to rotate?
24 hours/ a day
200
The imaginary line around which the Earth spins is its __.
Axis
200
What causes tides on the Earth?
The Moon and Sun's gravity
300
When all the moon's surface that faces Earth is lit up, there is a
Full moon
300
What event occurs when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and Earth and casts a shadow on Earth?
Solar Eclipse
300
Revolution and Earth's tilt results in _______.
seasons
300
If Earth did not tilt on its axis in relation to the Sun, what would happen?
There would be no seasons
300
The first four planets in the Solar System are what type of planets? (hint we call them terrestrial because of how they compare to Earth)
small and rocky
400
What phases comes before a new moon?
waning crescent
400
A ___________ is caused by earth's shadow cast on the moon.
Lunar Eclipse
400
How long does it take for the earth to complete a trip around the sun?
365.25 days
400
What 2 reasons cause the seasons?
Earths tilt
Earths revolution around the sun
400
What two properties keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?
gravity and inertia
500
Why are different phases of the moon visible from earth?
The moon revolves around earth
The sun reflects off the moon
500
When can lunar and solar eclipses take place?
during a full and new moon only
500
Which diagram best depicts the gravitational forces of the Sun and the Moon on Earth during a neap tide? 
D. 
500
a solstice can be the day of year with with the
least/ most amount of daylight hours
500
Most of the images we see of planets are not to the correct what?
scale