Vocabulary
Seasons
Eclipses
100
This is the shape of the Earth's orbit.
What is an oval?
100
Seasons occur because the Earth is ___________.
What is tilted?
100
When the moon's shadow hits earth, or the Earth's shadow his the moon, a(n) __________ occurs.
What is an eclipse?
200
Earth's spinning on its axis is called this
What is rotation?
200
The two days of the year that are equal day and night are called ____________.
What are equinoxes?
200
If you are located in the _______________, you see a partial solar eclipse.
What is the penumbra?
300
A __________ of the Earth takes 24 hours.
What is rotation?
300
The longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere is called the ______________________.
What is the summer solstice?
300
If you are located in the ___________ you see a total solar eclipse.
What is the umbra?
400
The ________________ of Earth around the sun takes 365. 25 days.
What is the revolution?
400
The two days when neither hemisphere is tilted toward the sun are known as ___________________.
What are equinoxes?
400
A lunar eclipse only occurs when the moon is in the ___________ phase.
What is full moon?
500
The moon does not produce its own light; it only __________ the sun's.
What is reflects?
500
The two days on which the sun is overhead at either 23.5 degrees north or south are called ________________.
What are solstices?
500
True or False? A solar eclipse occurs during a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and sun.
What is false (new moon)?
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