Sun, Earth, Moon 1
The Earth takes about this amount of time to revolve around the sun?
365.25 days
True/False The Moon is a dwarf planet.
False
Shira looked up one night and saw a full moon. This is the length of time until she can see a full moon again?
What is 29.5 ish days?
True/false:
he location of the Earth in its orbit is the same for your every birthday?
True
The Moon phase that comes directly after the full moon is the.....
waning gibbous
Earth rotates on its axis once every ...
24 hours
A Rocky sphere that travels around a planet
What is a moon?
True/False
Standing on Earth we have never seen the dark side of the moon with the naked eye...ever.
True
This moon phase looks like a croissant and is lit up on the left side?
waning cresent
The percentage of the Moon that is visible during the third quarter phase.
50%
The Earth's rotation causes .........
day and night
This tide is higher than usual and happens when the moon, earth, and sun are aligned.
Spring tide
This force pulls everything in our system toward the Sun.
Gravity
How many days does it take to see all of the phases of the moon?
28.5 - 29.5days
Any one of the moon phases for a neap tide?
first and third quarter
How does light from the sun travel?
In waves (electromagnetic)
How does the moon light up?
sun's reflection
This is the border between light and dark on the moon
What is the terminator line?
Waxing means the light is _______________ and waning means the light is ___________________.
Waxing means the light is increasing and waning means the light is decreasing.
In a waning moon, the light is on the....
left
Another name for revolution is .........
orbit
Our star is called what?
What is the sun?
During which principle lunar phase is the moon half lit on the right side?
First Quarter
The near circular path a smaller planet takes around a larger object like the sun.
What is orbit?
Explain the difference between a lunar and solar eclipse
new and full