Vocabulary
What is rotation?
Spinning around on an axis.
When the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned in that order, what moon phase would we see?
New Moon
What is rotation?
Earth turning on its axis.
What is the difference between rotation and revolution?
Rotation is spinning on an axis. Revolution is moving around an object.
What is revolution?
Moving around an object.
How many phases of the moon are there?
8 main phases.
What is revolution?
Earth moving around the sun.
How is moon's orbit different than Earth's orbit?
The moon's orbit it tilted (5 degrees)
What is an axis?
An imaginary line an object that it rotates on.
What is waxing?
The moon is gaining light.
How long does it take Earth to rotate 1 time?
24 hours or 1 day.
Earth is __________ and ______________ while going around the sun.
Rotating and revolving
Energy given off by the sun.
What is waning?
The moon is losing light.
How long does it take the Earth to revolve around the sun?
365 days or 1 year
What force holds the solar system together?
What is are the lunar phases?
Cycle of moon phases resulting the moon revolving around Earth and the sunlight reflecting off the moon.
Why do we see the different moon phase?
Moons reflecting of the sunlight AND the moon revolving around the Earth.
During this phase of the Moon none of the reflected light of the Sun is visible from Earth.
What is the New Moon phase?
How long is the lunar cycle?
27 1/3 days, 29.5 days, or about 1 month.