Seasons
What are seasons?
Patterns of temperature changes and other weather trends over the course of a year
What does it mean by waxing?
The light part of the moon is gradually getting larger
What is rotation?
The spinning motion of Earth.
The number of high tides each day.
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When it's winter in the Northern hemisphere what season is it in the Southern hemisphere?
Summer.
what is an equinox?
Sunlight shines equally on the northern and southern hemisphere
What does it mean waning?
The light part of the moon is gradually getting smaller.
What is revolution?
What is revolution?This is the motion of one object moving around another.
This causes tides on Earth.
moon's gravity.
What is the tilt of Earth axis?
23.5
At this, the area of sunlight is at a maximum in one hemisphere and a minimum in the other hemisphere.
What is a new moon?
The moon is positioned between the sun and the Earth. There appears to be no moon.
What is the axis of rotation?
Earth rotates around this imaginary line running through its center.
This occurs when the moon passes directly between Earth and the sun.
A solar eclipse
What causes Earth's seasons?
The tilt of Earths axis.
What is the December Solstice?
The Northern hemisphere begins winter during this and the Southern hemisphere begins summer.
What is waxing crescent?
Less than half the moon is fully lit. The portion we see is growing.
What is one year?
It takes this long for Earth to orbit around the sun.
What is an umbra?
This is the darkest part of Earth's shadow.
What day does summer start?
June 20-or 21st
What is the June Solstice?
The north pole is pointing toward the sun and the south pole is pointing away from the sun.
What is first quarter moon?
One half of the moon is lit. It is a quarter of the way around Earth.
What is a day?
It takes this long for the Earth to rotate once on its axis.
This occurs when a shadow makes the sun or the moon seem to grow dark.
An eclipse.
When its summer is Earth tilted toward the sun?
Yes