Moon Phases
How many phases of the moon makes a cycle?
What is 8?
How many main movements does the earth have?
What is 2?
This object is closest to the earth.
What is the moon?
What is summer?
The first phase of the moon.
What is new moon?
You can see the entire face of the moon lit up at night.
What is a full moon?
This is the special path that the earth travels around the sun.
What is an orbit?
This is the most northerly part of Earth.
What is the North pole?
When the North Pole is tipped away from the sun, the northern hemisphere is experiencing this season.
What is winter?
We see the lit surface of the moon getting smaller, but is more than half lit?
What isa waning gibbous?
This moon phase shows a small sliver of the moon getting larger.
What is waxing crescent?
When an object moves in a path around another object.
What is it revolves?
The moon __________________ around the earth.
What is revolves?
The day that summer begins in the northern hemisphere.
What is June 21st?
A small sliver of the moon is seen, and it occurs towards the end of the moons cycle.
What is a waning crescent?
This moon is directly between the sun and the earth.
What is a new moon?
This is the number of days it takes the earth to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 days?
True or false: our moon is the only moon in our solar system.
False
The first day of spring is called this.
What is the spring equinox?
Half of the moon is lit and it has traveled three quarters around the earth.
What is last quarter moon?
This moon is half lit and in between and the moon has made a quarter of its way around the earth.
What is first quarter moon?
This is the word that means he earth moving on its own axis.
What is rotates?
While the Earth is spinning, half of Earth is in the sun's light. This part of the earth is having...
What is day?
hHalf of the earth is not getting the sun's light. This part of the earth is having...
What is night?
Name all the phases of the moon in order.
What is new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent.