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100
Earth spins around this imaginary line running through the North and South Poles.
What is Earth’s axis?
100
Earth’s movement around the Sun is called this.
What is revolution?
100
During a solar eclipse, this alignment occurs.
What is Sun- Moon - Earth?
100
During a lunar eclipse, this object moves between the Sun and the Moon.
What is Earth?
100
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, it experiences this season.
What is summer?
200
Earth’s rotation causes this pattern.
What are day and night?
200
Earth takes approximately this long to complete one revolution around the Sun.
What is 365¼ days, or one year?
200
A solar eclipse can occur only during this lunar phase.
What is a new moon?
200
A lunar eclipse can occur only during this lunar phase.
What is a full moon?
200
During these two yearly events, day and night are approximately equal in length.
What are the equinoxes?
300
Earth completes one full rotation in approximately this amount of time.
What is 24 hours?
300
This force keeps Earth traveling in orbit around the Sun.
What is gravity?
300
The lighter outer portion of the Moon’s shadow is called this where a partial eclipse may be seen.
What is the penumbra?
300
During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon passes through this darkest portion of Earth’s shadow.
What is the umbra?
300
DAILY DOUBLE: This image taken during a solar eclipse is dubbed this phenomenon.
What is the Diamond Ring Effect?
400
Earth rotates in this direction when viewed from above the North Pole.
What is counterclockwise?
400
Earth’s path around the Sun is called this.
What is an orbit?
400
Solar eclipses do not occur every month because this.
What is the tilt of the moon's orbit?
400
The Moon looks this hue during a lunar eclipse because Earth’s atmosphere bends and filters this color of sunlight toward the Moon.
What is red light?
400
The longest and shortest days of the year occur during events called these.
What are the solstices?
500
Because Earth rotates from west to east, the Sun appears to move across the sky in this direction.
What is east to west?
500
We add this to the calendar about every four years because of Earth’s revolution.
What is a leap day?
500
A total solar eclipse can only last this long in any one location.
What is 7.5 minutes?
500
Eclipse come from a Greek word, ékleipsi, meaning this.
What is "fail to appear"?
500
When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, this season occurs in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is winter?