Earth
This causes the Earth's seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth?
Another word for "sun" is...?
What is "solar"?
When the moon appears to get smaller, it is....
What is waning?
A shape that looks like an oval; Earth orbits the sun in this shape.
What is "ellipse"?
It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.
24 hours
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 1/4 days?
The sun rises in this direction.
What is the east?
When the moon appears to get larger?
What is waxing?
The moon affects this part of the Earth, changing it daily on our beaches.
What is "ocean tide"?
This imaginary line goes from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth.
Axis
When it is winter in North America, it is this in Australia.
What is "summer"?
This occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth, blocking some the the sun's light.
What is a "solar eclipse"?
Solar refers to the sun. This term refers to the moon.
What is "lunar"?
the time when the sun is farthest north or south of the equator.
What is "solstice"?
The Earth's moon is a natural ________.
Satellite
The imaginary line horizontally around the middle of the Earth.
What is the "equator"?
The time when the sun is directly above the equator.
What is "equinox"?
During this phase of the moon, we can see no light from the moon.
What is "new moon"?
The difference between high and low tides.
Tidal Range
During a ______ eclipse we see a moon that glows a coppery red.
Lunar
At what degree is the Earth tilted at?
What is 23.5 degrees?
What date does summer solstice occur in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is June 21?
During this process, the moon moves through the Earth's shadow, and cannot be seen for a short time.
What is "lunar eclipse"?
How many tides do most places have each day?
What kind of moon has to occur for there to be a neap tide?
First and Third/Last Quarter