Earth
Sun
Moon
This and That
Vocabulary
100
This causes the Earth's seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth?
100
The word "solar" refers to this object.
What is the "sun"?
100
It takes this long for the moon to revolve completely around the Earth.
What is 29 days or about a month?
100
This keeps the Earth and moon in their orbits.
What is "gravity"?
100
This word describes the Earth spinning continuously.
What is "rotating"?
200
How many time zones are there on earth?
24
200
Why do the sun and moon appear to be the same size?
the sun is larger than the moon but farther away
200
Solar refers to the sun. This term refers to the moon.
What is "lunar"?
200
It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.
What is 24 hours?
200
This imaginary line goes from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth.
longitude
300
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 1/4 days?
300
The sun rises in this direction.
What is the "east"?
300
During this phase of the moon, we can see no light from the moon.
What is a "new moon"?
300
These two scientist supported the heliocentric model
Galilieo and Cupernicus
300
This term is used to describe the phase of the moon when we see all of the lit side.
What is "full moon"?
400
When it is winter in North America, it is this in Australia.
What is "summer"?
400
This occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth, blocking some the the sun's light.
What is a "solar eclipse"?
400
During this process, the moon moves through the Earth's shadow, and cannot be seen for a short time.
What is a "lunar eclipse"?
400
Aristotle supported what model of the sun and moon
Geocentric
400
As we see less and less of the lit part of the moon, we say that it is doing this.
What is "waning"?
500
If it is noon in New York, what time is it in Los Angeles?
9am
500
What is the first day of summer in the southern hemisphere?
December 21
500
This word is used to describe a moon phase that is increasing in size
waxing
500
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"?
500
The shadow that is created with a lunar eclipse
Umbra
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