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Earth's Rotation
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Miscellaneous
100
Galileo presented this evidence
What is the Earth revolves around the Sun?
100
When Earth passes directly between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow on the Moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
100
Creates day and night.
What is one rotation of Earth?
100
The longest day of daylight of the year, June 21 or 22.
What is the summer solstice?
100
Causes a lunar eclipse.
What is the Earth passes between the Moon and Sun?
200
The imaginary line that runs through the north and south poles.
What is axis?
200
Shapes created by the changing amounts of the visible lit areas of the Moon.
What are moon phases?
200
What makes the Moon appear to give off light.
What is the reflection of the Sun off the Moon's surface?
200
The first day of spring is called.
What is the vernal equinox?
200
The direction the North Pole is tilted during summer in the northern hemisphere.
What is toward the Sun?
300
One full trip of the Earth around the Sun.
What is one revolution?
300
When the moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on Earth.
What is a solar eclipse?
300
Why the Moon appears to be the largest object in the night sky.
What is it is the closest object to Earth in space?
300
The apparent changes in the shape of the moon are called.
What are moon phases?
300
The shortest amount of daylight of the year.
What is the winter solstice?
400
Why the summer is warmer than the winter.
What is the Sun hits the northern hemisphere more directly, its tilted toward the Sun?
400
Why the Moon is in the Earth's orbit.
What is the Earth has more mass than the Moon?
400
The dark shadow cast on Earth during a solar eclipse.
What is the umbra?
400
The lighter shadow cast during an eclipse.
What is the penumbra?
400
The length of the day and night are equal on September 22 or 23.
What is the autumnal equinox?
500
Causes the seasons on Earth.
What are Earth's 23.5 degree tilt on its axis and its revolution around the Sun?
500
The days needed for the moon to make one revolution around the Earth.
What is 27 and 1/3 days?
500
When its winter in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?
What is summer?
500
The two days of the year when day and night are equal.
What is the vernal and autumnal equinox?
500
The difference between waning and waxing of the Moon.
What is waxing means growing and waning means getting smaller?