Earth's Rotation and Revolution
The term for the spinning of the Earth on its axis
What is Rotation
The cause for Summer to occur in the Northern Hemisphere
What is the axis is pointed toward the Sun.
The four main phases of the moon
What is new, 1st quarter, full and 3rd quarter
The point in which the Sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky
What is a solstice
Occurs during the new moon phase
What is a solar eclipse
The amount of time it takes for the Earth to complete one full revolution around the Sun
What is 365.25 days
This season receives the least amount of sunlight
What is winter
The phase in which the moon is unseen
What is the new moon
The months in which the summer and winter solstices occur.
What is June and December
Occurs during the full moon phase
What is a lunar eclipse
The effect Earth's axial tilt has on the seasons
What is direct and indirect light
The cause of direct and indirect sunlight
What is the angle in which the sunlight strikes Earth
The cause for moon phases
The moon's position relative to the Earth and the Sun
The two moments in the year when the sun is exactly above the Equator
What is an equinox
The cause for tides on Earth
What is the gravitational pull of the moon
The cause of day and night on Earth
What is the Earth's rotation
This is true about seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
What is they are opposite
The terms used for the moon gaining and losing light.
What is waxing and waning
The months in which the equinoxes occur
What is March and September
Occurs twice a day
What is high and low tides
The cause of seasons on Earth
What is the axial tilt and Earth's revolution
This causes seasonal temperatures on Earth.
What is the Earth's axial tilt.
The time it takes the moon to complete one cycle of the moon phases
What is 29.5 days
Longer day or night hours
What is a solstice
The relationship between the moon and tides