Earth
This causes the Earth's seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth?
Moon Phase 1
What is the first quarter?
It takes this long for the moon to revolve completely around the Earth.
What is 29 days or about a month?
This keeps the Earth and moon in their orbits.
What is "gravity"?
When the north pole experiences 24 hours of daylight.
What is midnight sun?
Moon Phase 2
What is a waning gibbous?
Solar refers to the sun. This term refers to the moon.
What is "lunar"?
It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.
What is 24 hours?
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 1/4 days?
Moon Phase 3
What is waxing cresent?
During this phase of the moon, we can see no light from the moon.
What is a "new moon"?
The term used to describe the day of the month that the tidal range is the greatest
What is spring tide?
When it is winter in North America, it is this in Australia.
What is "summer"?
The phase of the moon we see after the first quarter phase.
What is a waxing gibbous?
During this process, the moon moves through the Earth's shadow, and cannot be seen for a short time.
What is a "lunar eclipse"?
The imaginary line horizontally around the middle of the Earth.
What is the "equator"?
The phase of the moon that we see after a full moon.
What is a waning gibbous?
The moon affects this part of the Earth, changing it daily on our beaches.
What is the "ocean tide"?