Vocabulary
Day and Night
Seasons
The Moon
100
This is the imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole in which the Earth spins on
What is Earth's axis?
100
This causes a planet's daytime and nighttime
What is rotation?
100
This causes our planet to have seasons
What is the Earth's tilt?
100
It takes this many days for the moon to revolve around Earth
What is 29.5 days / About a month
200
An imaginary line where the sun is always shining
What is the equator?
200
The reason that on Earth, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
What is rotating counter-clockwise?
200
This is how we measure one year on any planet
What is 1 revolution?
200
This happens when the Earth is in the Moon's shadow
What is a solar eclipse?
300
When the Earth spins on its axis
What is rotation?
300
How long it takes for Earth to make one rotation
What is 24 hours?
300
The time of year when we have the longest amount of daylight. (Looking for Vocab term--NOT a date)
What is the summer solstice?
300
The moon's gravitational pull causes this rise and fall of the ocean.
What is a tide?
400
Areas in these TWO locations get 24 hours of daylight during the summer and 24 hours of nighttime during the winter.
What is the Arctic Circle and the Antarctic Circle?
400
This is how we measure a day on any planet
What is 1 rotation?
400
During these TWO times a year, there is equal amount of daytime and nighttime everywhere in the world.
What is the fall and spring equinox?
400
This happens when the Moon is in Earth's shadow.
What is a lunar eclipse? (Blue Moon Lunar Eclipse on Jan 31. Starting around 6AM - Full at 7AM)
500
When the Earth moves around the sun
What is revolution?
500
This is the reason that the North Pole and the South Pole have 24 hours of daylight during the summer and 24 hours of nighttime during the winter.
What is the Earth's tilt?
500
The reason why the Southern Hemisphere has opposite seasons as the Northern Hemisphere
What is Earth's tilt?
500
This is what we call a 2nd Full Moon that appears in one calendar month (Hint: It is a phrase that means rarely)
What is a blue moon?
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