The Moon
Moon Phases
Vocabulary
Earth
Review
100
What causes the moon to appear to shine in the sky?
What is the sun
100
Which moon is out during the day, none of the lighted part is showing
What is the New Moon
100
A real or imaginary line that an object spins around
What is Axis
100
The seasons are determined by the rotation of what?
What is the Earth
100
The path one object takes as it moves around another
What is orbit
200
Every 29 days the Earth completes one what around the Earth?
What is Revolution
200
Which moon phase is out during the night and all of the lighted part is showing
What is the full moon
200
A device that measures the time by the position of the sun
What is a sundial
200
What from the Moon causes the tides to move on Earth?
What is the gravitational pull
200
The force that keeps the planets in orbit around the sun
What is gravity
300
How many phases of the moon are there
What is eight
300
Which moon phase has half of the moon showing on the left side
What is The Last Quarter
300
The act of spinning
What is rotation
300
Earths tilted axis as it revolves around the sun causes what here on earth?
What is the seasons
300
Which season comes after Winter?
What is Spring
400
The moon revolves around what?
What is Earth
400
Which moon phase has half of the moon showing on the right side?
What is First Quarter
400
The path Earth takes around the sun or the path the moon takes around the earth
What is orbit
400
How long does it take for Earth to make a complete revolution around the sun?
What is 365 days, 1 year
400
What causes the different seasons to occur?
What is Revolution of the Earth
500
What keeps the moon in orbit?
What is gravity
500
Which moon phase has a fourth of the lighted part showing on the left side?
What is Waning Crescent
500
When an object travels around another; Earths complete travel around the sun
What is revolution
500
We know that Summer is the hottest season here on Earth. What months are in the Summer season?
What is June July August and September
500
What Season comes after Fall?
What is Winter
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