Earth
There would be no seasons on Earth if..
There was no axial tilt.
The word "solar" refers to this object.
What is the "sun"?
It takes this long for the moon to revolve completely around the Earth.
What is about 27.3 days or about a month?
The moon is seen because--
What is sunlight reflects off of its surface?
To turn or spin on an axis means to--
What is rotate?
The planet that is the third planet from the sun and about 150 million kilometers (93 million miles) from the sun.
What is the Earth?
The sun is a big fiery ball of gas called this.
What is a "star"?
When the moon has completed one quarter of its orbit around the Earth, the moon appears to be a half circle. This phase is called the--
What is a first quarter moon?
It takes this long for the Earth to complete one full rotation on its axis.
What is 24 hours?
This imaginary line goes from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth.
What is the "axis"?
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
What is one year/365 days?
This is the center of our Solar System
What is the sun?
During this phase of the moon, we can see no light from the moon.
What is a "new moon"?
The Earth does two things in orbit at one time.
What is revolve and rotate?
This term is used to describe the phase of the moon when we see all of the lit side.
What is "full moon"?
When it is winter in North America, it is this in Australia.
What is "summer"?
The sun has been shining for about--
What is 5 billion years?
Galileo became the first person to record what the moon looked like through a telescope. What did he see?
What is the moon had many craters?
The sun appears higher in the sky during this time of year because of the tilt of the earth.
What is "summer"?
As we see less and less of the lit part of the moon, we say that it is doing this.
What is "waning"?
If the days are cold and short--
What is then the earth is tilted away from the sun?
If Earth moved further away from the sun, what would probably happen?
What is there would be colder weather?
The moon affects this part of the Earth, changing it daily on our beaches.
What is the "ocean tide"?
If the moon takes about 28 days to revolve around the Earth going through 8 phases-- how many days does it take to get through half of its phases.
The phases of the moon occur in a certain order. What phase would come next in this cycle: Gibbous, Quarter, Crescent
What is the New Moon?