Moon
What do you call the different shapes of the moon that are seen from Earth
Moon phases
The spinning of an object on its axis is called
What is rotation
What does the Earth revolve around
The sun
How long does it take for the Earth to make one revolution around the sun
365.25 days
Approximately how long does it take for the moon to revolve around the Earth
28-29 days
What causes day and night on the Earth
Earth rotating on its axis
What causes the seasons
Earth’s axis is tilted
What season is when the Earth is tilted away from the sun
Winter
What do you call it when the moon’s shape appears to get smaller
waning
What do you call the path that an object follows as it moves around another object
orbit
What do you call the Earth’s imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole
What is an axis
What season is it when the Earth is tilted toward the sun
Summer
What do you call it when the visible (lit) portion of the moon is increasing
waxing
What do you call the motion of one object around another object
revolution
What kind of eclipse occurs at a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun
Lunar eclipse
What kind of eclipse occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the sun, blocking the sunlight from reaching the Earth
Solar eclipse
What position are the sun, moon, and Earth during a full moon phase
Sun, Earth, then moon
What are the two days called, around June 21-22 and December 21-22, where the noon sun is overhead at either 23.5 degrees north or south
Solstice (summer and winter)
During a _______, the length of nighttime and daytime are about the same because neither hemisphere is tilted toward the sun.
Equinox
What position are Earth, moon, and sun during a new moon phase?
sun, moon, Earth