Eclipses
Solar and Lunar Eclipse
What are the two types of eclipses?
new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and waning crescent
What are the 8 phases of the moon?
Summer, Spring, Winter, Fall
What are the 4 seasons?
Eclipse where the moon is in front of the Earth
What is a solar eclipse?
The moon phases where the moon is not visible from earth
What is a new moon?
The earth's spin axis is tilted with respect to its orbital plane
What is the cause of the diffrent seasons?
The two types of eclipses (not solar/lunar)
What is a partial and total eclipse?
Third moon phases from a new moon
What is a First quarter?
When the earth's axis points towards the sun, it is summer for that hemisphere. When the earth's axis points away, winter can be expected
What causes different weather in the different hemispheres?