Seasons
What is a solstice?
A solstice is a season that the axis is either pointing toward or away from the Sun
How does the moon glow?
A. It produces its own light
B. The light reflects of the Sun
B. The moon reflects light of the sun
True or false
Eclipses are caused by what season it is
False. Eclipses are caused by the Sun's rays hitting the moon/Earth blocking the sunlight
What is an equinox?
An equinox is a season that the rotational axis is neither towards or away from the Sun
What is a waning crescent?
A waning crescent is right after the third quarter phase and it slowly gets smaller
What is a lunar eclipse?
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth moves between the moon and the Sun blocking the Sun's rays from hitting the moon
What two seasons are solstices?
Winter and Summer
What is a waxing crescent?
Its where we only see a sliver of the moon and it slowly gets bigger
What is a solar eclipse?
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in between the Earth and the Sun blocking it's rays from us
What season gets more sunlight spring or fall?
Trick question they both get the same amount of sunlight
What is a full moon?
It is where we see half of the moon
Why don't we have a solar and lunar eclipse every month?
Because the moon's rotation is tilted
What causes Earth's four seasons?
The tilt of the Earth's axis, as it revolves around the Sun, causes unequal heating on Earth's surface
What causes the moon's phases?
The sun's rays hitting the moon on an angle makes us see different parts of the moon
If you are in a full eclipse what shadow are you in?
An umbra A penumbra
An umbra is the darker part of the shadow where light is fully blocked