Seasons
Lunar Eclipses
Solar Eclipses
Vocabulary
Random
100

Seasons happen over the course of one…

What is revolution.

100

What is the order of the sun, moon, and earth during a lunar eclipse?

What is sun, earth, moon. (SEM)

100

True or False:You can view a partial solar eclipse safely with your bare eyes.

False 

100

The earth’s spinning on its axis is…


What is rotation?

100

Lunar means_____

What is moon.

200

Seasons are caused by….

What is the tilt of earth's axis as it revolves around the sun. 

200

The earth casts two shadows on the moon called?

What is the umbra and penumbra?

200

What is the order of the sun, moon, and earth during a solar eclipse?

What is sun, moon, earth. (SME)

200

One object moving around another object is…

What is revolving?

200

List the types of eclipses we have learned.

What is total and partial solar eclipse and total and partial lunar eclipse?

300

When it is summer in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?

What is winter?

300

Why does the moon appear red during a total lunar eclipse?

What is the sun’s light scatters when passing through earth’s atmosphere?

300

True or False: The umbra is the darker, narrower shadow cast by the moon; in which you will see a total solar eclipse.

True

300

What is the imaginary line about which an object rotates?


What is axis?

300

How long does one revolution take?

What is 1 revolution is 1 year?

400

What is the difference between summer days and winter days?

What are summer days are longer (more hours of dayliight) and winter days are shorter (less hours of daylight)?

400

When the moon is fully red it is in the ________ of earth’s shadow?

What is the earth's umbra.

400

If you are witnessing a partial solar eclipse, what part of the shadow are you in?

What is the moon's penumbra?

400

What is the path a celestial body follows as it revolves?


What is an orbit?

400

What are the longest and shortest days of the year? 



What is winter solstice (shortest) and summer solstice (longest)?


500

Why is summer hot and why is winter cold?

What is in the summer earth receives more direct sunlight and, in the winter, earth receives more indirect sunlight?

500

When there is a partial lunar eclipse how are the sun, moon, and earth lined up?

What is the moon is not directly in line with the sun and earth? 

or 

What is the moon is in the earth's penumbra.

500

We do not see all solar eclipses that occur due to…

What is earth’s tilted axis while rotating, and the moon’s tilted orbit. 

500

When one celestial body casts a shadow on/covers another celestial body, it is called an…


What is an eclipse?

500

What are the equinoxes? Define them. 

What is when the day time and night time are equal?

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