Phases
The Moon
Eclipses
Seasons
Vocabulary
100

When you see all of the moon.

What is a full moon?

100

The moon creates its light from this.

What is the sun?

100

The moon passes between Earth and the sun, blocking the sun's rays.

What is a solar eclipse?

100

Another name for fall.

What is autumn?

100

Spinning like a top.

What is rotation/rotating?

200

When you cannot see any of the moon.

What is a new moon?

200

The moon is Earth's only natural_________?

What is a satellite?

200

The Earth is directly between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the moon.

What is a lunar eclipse?

200

Earth's tilt is this many degrees.

What is 23.5 degrees?

200

One object encircling another in space.

What is a revolution?

300

When you see half of one side of the moon.

What is a quarter moon (1st quarter/3rd quarter)?

300

The gravity of the moon is this fraction of Earth's gravity.

What is 1/6?

300

Dark part of the shadow in an eclipse.

What is the umbra?

300
When day and night are the same length of time.

What is an equinox?

300

The curved path a planet or moon takes.

What is an orbit?

400

When a moon appears less than half of the side facing Earth.

What is a crescent?

400

The period of time from one full moon to the next is this many days.

What is 29.5 days?

400

Lighter part of the shadow during an eclipse.

What is the penumbra?

400

The longest day and the longest night are at this point in time.

What is the solstice?

400

The name of a second full moon in the same month.

What is a blue moon?

500

When the moon is close to full but not quite there.

What is a gibbous moon?

500

The date and year when man first walked on the moon.

What is July 20, 1969?

500

The name for a planet (Mercury or Venus) coming between the Earth and the sun.

What is a planetary transit?

500

In Australia, the first day of summer is what date?

What is December 21?
500

The imaginary center line an object spins on.

What is the axis (of rotation)?

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