Earth
The moon is completely lit.
What is the Full Moon?
It takes this long for the moon to revolve completely around the Earth.
What is 29 days or about a month?
The reason we do not float off of Earth.
What is "gravity"?
This word describes the Earth spinning continuously.
What is "rotating"?
How long it takes Earth to rotate once on its axis.
What is a "sphere"?
Toenail shaped moon--tiny sliver lit up
What is a crescent?
Solar refers to the sun. This term refers to the moon.
What is "lunar"?
The daylight hours are the shortest during this season.
What is Winter?
This imaginary line goes from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth.
What is the "axis"?
The moon is completely dark.
What is a new moon?
The moon is growing in light.
What is waxing?
This object is used to study far away objects in the sky.
What is a "telescope"?
This term is used to describe earth going around the sun.
What is revolution?
Half of the moon appears lit
What is a quarter moon?
The light of the moon is diminishing.
What is a waning?
The daylight hours are the longest in this season.
What is "summer"?
The term for half of the earth.
What is hemisphere?
A BIG part of the moon is lit
What is gibbous?
The moon affects this part of the Earth, changing it daily on our beaches.
What is the "ocean tide"?
We have this special day every 4 years in February because it takes the Earth 365 and 1/4 days to revolve around the sun.
What is "Leap Year Day"?
The imaginary line that runs horizontally across Earth & splits Earth into the north & south.
What is the equator?