Seasons
Day and night are caused by Earth's __________.
What is rotation
The phase when we do not see the moon at night
What is a new moon
The two types of eclipses
What are solar and lunar eclipses
An extreme tide with the high high tides and low low tides
What is a spring tide
This group is known as the terrestrial planets
What are inner planets
The length it takes for Earth to orbit around the sun
What is 365 and a quarter days
The name for the phase when the moon is mostly illuminated but not all the way (spelling counts!)
What is a gibbous
This type of eclipse is more rare
What is a solar eclipse
The moon is in these phases during a neap tide
What are first and third quarter
The largest planet
What is Jupiter
This season happens in the Northern hemisphere when it is tilted towards the sun
What is summer
What is on the left side
The moon's shadow casting a shadow on Earth
What is a solar eclipse
What is a neap tide
Fastest orbitting planet
What is Mercury
The name for the two days a year that the day and night hours are equal
What is an equinox
The length of time it takes for the moon to change phase
What is 3.5 days
A partial shadow cast on the earth or the moon
This celestial body controls the earth's tides
What is the moon
The largest Galilean moon
What is Ganymede
What is 23.5 degrees.
This phase occurs approximately 7 days after a waxing crescent.
What is a waxing gibbous?
This occurs when the moon is in the Earth's umbra (be specific!)
What is a total lunar eclipse
The moon phases for each type of tide
What is
first and third- neap tide
new and full moon- spring tide
What two factors impact how much gravity something has?
What are distance and mass