Earth's Motion
Seasons
Moon's Rotation
Any and All
Vocabulary
100
A spinning motion is called
Rotation
100
The winter solstice occurs in __________ in the northern hemisphere and in___________ in the southern hemisphere.
December, summer
100
How many days does it take for the moon to make one complete rotation?
27 days
100
True or False: When it is summer in the United States, Earth is closet to the Sun.
False
100
A day when Earth's rotation axis is most toward the sun but yet most away from the sun.
Solstice
200
Earth rotates on its axis in a __________ ____________ direction, from ________ to _________.
Counter clockwise, West to East
200
Which season (letter) would have the least amount of sunlight.
A
200
How much of the moon is the sun always shining on?
Half
200
What are seasons caused by?
Earth's tilted axis
200
The dark, inner shadow of planet Earth
Umbra
300
Earth take _____ hours to rotate.
24
300
As shown below, sunlight is more spread out as you move away from the __.
Equator
300
True or False: we see all sides of the moon.
False
300
A lunar eclipse can only occur during which type of moon phase?
Full Moon
300
the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth.
Solar Eclipse
400
The tilt of the rotation axis for Earth is always in the __________ direction by the ___________ amount.
Same, same
400
Winter occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that is ____.
Tilted away from the Sun.
400
During what phases, more of the Moon is visible each night?
Waxing
400
During the September equinox and March equinox how many hours of daylight and darkness does everywhere recieve?
12 hours of daylight, 12 hours of darkness
400
The object's orbital motion around another object
Revolution
500
Earth stays around the sun in a circular path, this happens because of __________.
Gravity
500
___________ is a day when Earth's rotation axis is most toward or away from the Sun.
Solstice
500
What Moon phase is described: As the lunar cycle begins, a sliver of light can be seen on the Moon's western half. Gradually the lit part becomes larger.
Waxing Phase
500
The Sun's rays strike Earth at their northernmost and southernmost positions during
Winter and Summer Solstice
500
The outer part of a conical shadow cast by a celestial body, in which the light from the source is partially blocked
Penumbra