Eclipses
A Solar Eclipse can only occur when the moon is in this phase.
What is the New Moon
The first phase of the moon.
What is a New Moon
The Seasons are caused by this attribute of the Earth.
What is the Tilt
This celestial object plays a large role in the push and pull of the tides
What is the moon
The Earth rotates on this imaginary line running from north to south.
What is the Axis
A total Lunar Eclipse has occurred. The phase of the moon that we needed for this to happen is.
What is the Full Moon
The 5th Phase of the Moon
What is a Full Moon
The Earth's Seasons in the Northern Hemisphere are what compared to the Southern Hemisphere
What is the opposite
The definition of tides.
What is the rise and fall of the earth's oceans
There are this many total phases of the moon.
What is 8 phases
A Partial Solar Eclipse is when the moon does this to our sun.
What is cover only part or a portion of the Sun.
The term "waxing" when discussing the phases of the moon, means that.
What is the light is increasing
When the Earth is tilted towards the sun. The northern hemisphere experiences this season
What is summer
The Spring Tides have this unique trait.
What is they occur during a Full/New moon
What is they have the largest different between high and low tide
What is they form a straight line of moon-earth-sun.
The imaginary line the cuts the earth in half.
What is the equator
A Total Lunar Eclipse appears different that others. It appears to be what color.
What is Red
The moon takes approximately this many days to orbit our planet.
What is 30 days
What is summer
Neap Tides have this unique trait
What is they occur during a 3rd/1st Qtr. Moon
What is they have the smallest difference between a high and low tide.
What is they forma 90 dec. angle with the moon-earth and sun.
The Fall equinox falls on or about this day.
What is September 21st
Eclipses do not happen every day. This is due to what.
What is the tilted orbit of the moon.
What is the need for the moon-sun and earth to line up perfectly.
The moon appears to be different shapes due to this relationship between another celestial body.
What is the light being reflected off of the moon from the sun.
What is the appearance of light on the moon from earth.
The tilt and Earths position in its orbit are part of the cause for seasons. However, this contributor plays a very large role in our seasons as well.
What is direct/indirect sunlight
Tides occur this many times a day, with this many low and this many high.
What is 4 times a day. 2 high tides and 2 low tides.
The Earth takes this length of time to rotate on its axis one time.
What is 24 hours.