Eclipses
What is a solar eclipse?
A solar eclipse is when the moon blocks out the sun.
What is this season? It is the season of blooming.
Spring
What is it called when we can see the left half of the moon?
Third quarter
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What is a lunar eclipse?
A lunar eclipse is when the light from the sun is blocked out by the earth.
What season is it? In this season the leaves change color
Fall
What is it called when you can only see the right half of the moon?
First quarter
What does it take the Earth one year to complete?
What is a rotation
How many lunar phases?
What is 8
What season is this? This season has lots of snow.
Winter
What is it called when you can see all of the moon?
Full moon
What causes different seasons?
What is -the tilt of the Earth’s axis
Name the Lunar phases
new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent
This season is known for being hot and having long daylight hours.
Summer
What is it called when we cannot see the moon?
New moon
Which hemisphere is the United States in?
Northern Hemisphere
Why can you not look directly at a solar eclipse?
Because the sun still is shining and can make you go blind.
What is this season? It is the season of blooming.
spring
What is it called when we can only see a sliver of the moon?
A crescent moon
What causes night and day?
What is- the Earth’s rotation on its axis