The Moon
The number of days it takes for the moon to make one complete revolution of the Earth.
What is 29.5 days?
The most abundant resource on the Earth.
What is liquid water?
The day when the Sun is directly overhead the equator.
What is an equinox?
Increases in illumination.
What is the Waxing Gibbous?
The point where the Earth bulges.
What is the equator?
Gives 12 hours of sunlight.
What are the Spring Equinox and the Autumn Equinox?
Decreases in illumination
What is the Waning Crescent?
Reason for the season on Earth.
What is a tilted axis?
Gives more than 12 hours of sunlight.
What is the Summer Solstice?
Needs the moon for stability
What is the Earth's wobble?
The cause of leap years adding an extra day to the month of February.
What is the Earth takes longer than 365 days to orbit the sun?
Gives less than 12 hours of sunlight.
What is the Winter Solstice?
Causes the moon to appear very bright in the night sky
What is reflected light?
TRUE or FALSE:
The Earth has a synchronous rotation.
What is FALSE?
The point in a planet's orbit where it is closest to the Sun.
What is perihelion?