Moon Phases
When the moon looks completely dark from Earth.
What is a new moon?
The color of the HOTTEST star.
What is blue?
The force of attraction that pulls objects down towards the center of the Earth.
What is gravity?
In this season, shadows would be the shortest at noon.
What is summer?
1 full Earth _______ is the same as 24 hours or 1 day.
What is a rotation?
When the lit part of the moon appears to be getting smaller.
What is waning?
The star that lights the Earth.
What is the Sun?
This is the technical name for a shooting star.
What is a meteor?
The pattern of changes of a shadow is caused by the _____'s apparent position.
What is the sun?
The imaginary line going through the middle of the Earth.
What is an axis?
When the moon is fully lit in the sky.
What is a full moon?
The 3 factors that impact a stars apparent brightness.
What are distance, size, and temperature?
An object weighs less on the ________. The Earth or the Moon?
In this season, shadows would be the longest at noon.
What is the winter?
1 full Earth ________ around the sun is the same as 365 days or 1 year.
What is a revolution?
When the lit part of the moon appears to be getting larger?
What is waxing?
It takes this long for the Sun's light to reach the earth.
What is 8 minutes?
As an object moves farther away from the Earth's surface, the force of gravity on the object becomes ______. Stronger or weaker?
What is weaker?
A tool that uses the shadow cast by an object in sunlight to keep track of the time during the day.
What is a sundial?
Earth's day and night are caused by this.
What is the Earth's rotation?
You would see this moon phase twice during the lunar month. It is sometimes referred to as a first quarter or third quarter moon.
What is a half moon?
The definition of a light-year.
Larger objects have stronger gravity. Smaller objects have ________ gravity.
What is weaker?
At noon, your shadow is very _________. Short or long?
Fill in the blanks. The moon orbits the ______ and the Earth orbits the ______.
What is the Earth and Sun?