Seasons
True or False: Seasons are caused by the earth getting closer to and further away from the sun.
False
First phase of the lunar cycle.
What is a new moon?
When the earth moves around the sun or the moon moves around the earth.
What is revolution?
The side of the moon that we can't see.
True or False: The earth is closest to the sun during the winter.
TRUE!! The earth's orbit is not an exact circle.
The earth is tilted on this at 23.5 degrees.
What is an axis?
The appearance of the moon is increasing.
What is waxing?
The season are caused by the tilt of the earth on its axis and what?
What is the revolution of the earth around the sun?
The earth is divided into four of these; northern, southern, eastern and western.
What are hemispheres?
This is the imaginary line that circles the middle of the earth.
What is the equator?
In the northern and southern hemispheres the seasons are always what?
What is opposite?
The moon affects this phenomena on the earth.
What are tides?
The appearance of the moon appears to be shrinking.
What is waning?
The moon is waxing as it goes from a new moon to what?
What is a full moon?
This part of the earth always gets the most indirect sunlight.
What are the poles?
This part of the earth always gets the most direct sunlight and always has the warmest temperatures.
What is the equator?
This portion of the moon is ALWAYS illuminated.
What is 1/2?
The moon does not rotate because of this.
What is the earth's gravitational pull?
True or False: The moon is only visible at night.
What is false?
The crust of the moon is what on the dark side?
These areas of the earth have seasons that are less distinct that what we have in Michigan.
What are the poles and the equator.
There are 8 distinct parts to this.
What is the Lunar Cycle?
The best moon phase to view constellations.
What is new moon?