Seasons
Name of the imaginary line that runs from the North to the South Pole
What is EARTH'S AXIS?
When the Moon appears to be getting larger
What is WAXING?
When the moon blocks out the Sun during the day, it is this type of Eclipse
What is a SOLAR ECLIPSE?
The gravitational pull of the _____ has the greatest influence on ocean tides
What is the MOON?
A body spinning on its own axis, which takes Earth 24 hours to do, is called
What is ROTATION?
The hemisphere tilted away from the Sun will experience this season
What is WINTER?
The shape of the Moon when we see majority of it, more than half, but not the entire surface illuminated
What is a GIBBOUS?
The dark part of the shadow casts by the Moon or the Earth
What is the UMBRA?
We have ____ high tides and low tides each day
What is the TWO?
How long it takes for the Earth to revolve around the Sun
What is 365 days (1 year)?
The longest and shortest days of the year, June 21 and Dec 21, are called this
What are SOLSTICES?
The moon phase that comes after a waxing crescent
What is a FIRST QUARTER MOON?
The ______ is in the middle of the Sun and _____ during a lunar eclipse.
What is Earth, Moon?
When the Sun Earth and Moon are in line and the tides are the highest and lowest
What are SPRING TIDES?
How long it takes for the Moon to revolve around Earth
What is ~29.5 Days (1 Month)?
When neither hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, and there are equal daylight hours at all places on Earth, March 21 and Sep 21
The moon phase that comes after a Full Moon..
What is a WANING GIBBOUS?
The ~50 miles dark shadow casts when the moon covers the entire sun during a solar eclipse is called the Path of ____________
What is TOTALITY?
When the Sun Earth and Moon form a right angle and it is the least difference between high and low tide
What are NEAP TIDES?
The path that a body takes around another object?
What is a ORBIT (Revolution)?
When it is SPRING in the Southern hemisphere, it is _________ in the Northern hemisphere
What is AUTUMN (FALL)?
When the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth, we will see this phase
What is a NEW MOON?
The light part of the shadow casts by the Earth or Moon during an eclipse
What is the PENUMBRA?
During which Moon Phases do we have Spring Tides?
What are New and Full Moons?
The shape that the Earth orbits the Sun and the Moon orbits the Earth, a stretched out circle
What is ELLIPTICAL?