How many phases of the moon makes a cycle?
What is 8?
What causes Earth's seasons?
The Tilt
Which has longer days, winter solstice or summer solstice?
What is the summer solstice?
When the North Pole is tipped toward the sun, it is this season in the northern hemisphere.
What is summer?
The first phase of the moon.
What is new moon?
You can see the entire face of the moon lit up at night.
What is a full moon?
What is it called when the days are equal, because the sun is lined up with the Earth's equator.
What is an equinox?
This is the most northerly part of Earth.
What is the North pole?
When the North Pole is tipped away from the sun, the northern hemisphere is experiencing this season.
What is winter?
We see the lit surface of the moon getting smaller, but is more than half lit?
What isa waning gibbous?
This moon phase shows a small sliver of the moon getting larger.
What is waxing crescent?
What does the Earth's rotation cause
night and day
When the earth is between the sun and moon, casting a shadow on the moon is called what?
What is a lunar eclipse?
What does waxing mean, when it comes to moon phases?
What is getting larger?
A small sliver of the moon is seen, and it occurs towards the end of the moons cycle.
What is a waning crescent?
This moon is directly between the sun and the earth, the earth sees only the dark side of moon.
What is a new moon?
This is the number of days it takes the earth to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 days?
When the moon is between the sun and earth, casting a shadow onto the Earth is called?
solar eclipse
What does waning mean in moon phases?
What is getting smaller?
Half of the moon is lit and it has traveled three quarters around the earth.
What is last quarter moon?
This moon is half lit and in between and the moon has made a quarter of its way around the earth. Its first rotation of the moon phase.
What is first quarter moon?
The poles are closer to the sun, giving us longer days or nights, depending if it is a summer solstice or winter solstice.
How long is a rotation for Earth?
24hrs
Name 5 out 8 moon phases.
New Moon
waxing crescent
1st quarter
waxing gibbous
full moon
waning gibbous
3rd quarter
waning crescent
Name all the phases of the moon in order.
What is new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent.