Vocabulary
Moon Phases
Eclipses
Seasons
Rotation and Revolution
100
The darkest part of a shadow.
What is the umbra?
100
There is this number of moon phases.
What is 8?
100
Solar and lunar.
What are the two types of eclipses?
100
The season in the northern hemisphere when the southern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun
What is summer?
100
The movement of Earth that causes day and night.
What is rotation?
200
A spreading cone of lighter shadow.
What is the penumbra?
200
The moon phase that shows a complete moon.
What is a full moon?
200
The amount of time that a lunar eclipse takes.
What is 1+ hours?
200
The seasons that the equator receives the most amount of sunlight
What is fall and spring?
200
When viewed from above the north pole, Earth rotates in this direction around its axis.
What is counterclockwise?
300
An object that orbits a larger object.
What is a satellite?
300
The moon phase that is right after a new moon.
What is a waxing crescent?
300
When the moon's umbra passes over part of the surface of the Earth.
What is a solar eclipse?
300
The tilt of the Earth's axis.
What is 23.5ยบ?
300
The timing of Earth completing one full revolution around the sun.
What is 365 1/2 days or 1 year?
400
An event in which one object in space casts a shadow onto another object.
What is an eclipse?
400
The moon phase that is directly after the first quarter moon phase.
What is a waxing gibbous?
400
The year when the next solar eclipse will occur in the United States.
What is 2017?
400
The day in which the hemispheres receive an equal amount of daytime and nighttime.
What is an equinox?
400
The motion of a body that travels in an orbit around another body in space.
What is revolution?
500
A force that pulls other objects toward themselves.
What is gravity?
500
The moon phase that shows the right half of the moon.
What is a first quarter?
500
The amount of time that a solar eclipse takes.
What is 1-2 minutes?
500
The season in the northern hemisphere when the southern hemisphere is receiving more light than the northern hemisphere.
What is winter?
500
The speed that Earth travels around the sun.
What is 30 km/s?
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