Seasons
What season do we have in the northern hemisphere when the rotation axis is tilted towards the Sun?
summer
What does it mean to do a revolution?
One object goes around around another object.
The length of time it takes the Earth to complete one rotation
24 hours
More of the moon's near side is lit each night
waxing
Earth is ____ planets from the sun?
3.
What is the name for the longest day of the year? (2 words)
summer solstice
The length of time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution
365 days.
The Earth spins on its
axis
When less than half the moon is visible we call that...
crescent
What is the biggest planet?
Jupiter
What season (two answers) do we have in the northern hemisphere when the rotation axis is neither tilted towards or away from the Sun?
Spring or fall
The sun appears to move from ________ to _________ across the sky
east to west
Waning
How many planets are in our solar system?
8
Which season is Earth closest to the Sun?
Winter
The shape of the Earth's orbit is nearly ________________.
Circular
Earth's Rotation gives us (2 words)
day & night
Both the Moon's rotation and revolution takes how much time?
About 28 days
Why can we see the moon?
it reflects the sun's light
Explain the two reasons for the seasons.
Earth is tilted and revolves around the sun, so it gets different amounts of sunlight depending on where it is during its orbit.
Lunar
A _________ eclipse happens only during a Full Moon but not every full moon.
Lunar