Going Through a Phase
Space Vocab
Seasons
Climate
100
What is new moon?
100
This is when the moon is getting smaller
What is waining
100
When it is winter in the northern hemisphere it is this season in the southern hemisphere
What is summer?
100
The pattern of weather over a long period of time.
What is climate?
200
What is full moon?
200
This is when the moon is getting larger
What is waxing
200
There are no seasons on this part of the Earth because it always gets the same amount of sun.
What is the equator?
200
A mixture of gases, such as nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide that surrounds the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
300
What is waxing gibbous
300
When the moon is less than half full
What is crescent
300
When a hemisphere is experiencing this season it is getting more direct sunlight.
What is summer?
300
This layer can be found high in the atmosphere and protects the Earth's surface from harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
Who is the ozone layer?
400
What is waining crescent?
400
When one object travels around another.
What is revolution
400
This characteristic of Earth is the reason for the seasons.
What is Earth's tilted axis?
400
A natural or human-made gas that traps heat in the atmosphere. Examples of greenhouse gases include water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and ozone.
What greenhouse gases?
500
What is third quarter?
500
The line on the moon that separates the dark from the light
What is terminator
500
Earth always tilts towards this celestial body.
What is the North Star?
500
The process by which greenhouse gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun and reflect it back to Earth rather than letting it leave the planet.
What is the Greenhouse Effect?