VOCABULARY
Moon Phases
Seasons
Rotation and Revolution
Grab Bag
100
This means to turn around a center or axis.
What is rotation?
100
In this phase of the moon, you can see the "whole" moon lit up in the sky.
What is a full moon?
100
In this season (in New Jersey), the sun's rays pointed towards the Southern Hemisphere.
What is winter?
100
This motion of the Earth causes day and night.
What is rotation?
100
This phase of the moon is when a small slice of the moon appears bright.
What is a crescent moon?
200
This is one turn in a circle or path around a point or an object.
What is a revolution?
200
In this phase of the moon, you can't see the moon.
What is a new moon?
200
The sun lights this fraction of the Earth at any one time.
What is one-half?
200
This is the motion of the Earth when it makes one trip around the Sun.
What is a revolution?
200
This is the daily change in height of ocean water on Earth.
What are tides?
300
This is an imaginary line that passes through the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What is an axis?
300
This describes the moon when it is getting larger.
What is waxing?
300
In this season (in New Jersey), the sun is pointed (tilted) towards the Northern Hemisphere.
What is summer?
300
This motion is why we experience seasons on Earth.
What is revolution?
300
This is the amount of time that the moon takes to make one trip around the Earth.
What is 29 days?
400
This is the movement of an object in a path around a planet, the sun, or the moon
What is an orbit?
400
This describes the moon when it is getting smaller.
What is waning?
400
This motion is involved in the cycle of seasons.
What is revolving around the sun?
400
One complete rotation of the Earth takes this amount of time.
What is 24 hours?
400
This term describes when the Earth casts a shadow on the moon, so we don't see it for a time.
What is a lunar eclipse?
500
This is the stage or form of the moon at a certain time.
What is a phase?
500
The moon's phases are caused by this.
What is the motion of the moon around the Earth?
500
This is the season with longer days and more direct sunlight.
What is summer?
500
One complete revolution of the Earth around the Sun takes this amount of time.
What is 365 days, or one year?
500
This phase of the moon is needed to have a lunar eclipse.
What is a full moon?
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