Seasons
If the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun then the season is...
Summer
This is the number of moon phases.
What is 8?
This word means to abandon or cut off or blocking of a celestial body.
What is "eclipse"?
What is Gravity?
An invisible force that pulls object towards each other.
If the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?
Winter
The Greek word for moon.
What is Luna?
These are the two main types of eclipses.
What are solar and lunar eclipses?
A planet with a larger mass will have a stronger ______________ __________.
Gravitational Pull
What does Equinox mean?
It means that the amount of sunlight for day to night is EQUAL.
The moon phase that is right after a new moon.
What is a Waxing Crescent?
When the moon passes through Earth's shadow.
What is a lunar eclipse?
How does gravity influence the orbit of planets around the Sun?
It pulls the planets in orbit around it.
We have seasons because...
The earth's spins on its axis which makes different hemispheres receive different levels of direct or indirect sunlight as it revolves around the sun.
This is a word that means growing or getting brighter.
What is waxing?
When the moon's shadow falls on Earth.
What is a Solar Eclipse?
The ______ consists of 86% of the mass in our solar system.
Sun
What does Solstice mean?
These are the two longest and shortest sunlight days of the year.
This is the moon phase that comes after a full moon.
What is a Waning Gibbous?
Which type of eclipse happens the least often?
A Solar Eclipse
What is the difference between the umbra and penumbra in an eclipse?
Penumbra is the larger outer shadow.
Umbra is the pinpoint, darkest area of the shadow.