Sun Earth Moon
Spinning on an axis
What is rotation?
The light on the moon comes from this
What is the Sun?
During this eclipse, the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun
What is solar?
This causes tides
Season in the Northern Hemisphere if Earth's axis is tilted toward the Sun
What is summer?
This takes 365.25 days
What is Earth's orbit around the Sun?
We see moon phases because of the Moon's _________
What is orbit/revolution around Earth?
A lunar eclipse happens at this moon phase
What is a full moon?
We see this number of high and low tides per day
What is 2 each (4 total)?
Seasons are ________________ in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
What is opposite?
It takes _____ days for the Moon to revolve around the Earth
What is 27 days?
How long is the lunar cycle?
What is 27 days?
For an eclipse to occur, the Sun Moon and Earth must be this
What is aligned?
What is a right angle/90 degree angle?
Solstices occur at these two seasons
What are winter and summer?
What does the Sun revolve around?
What is the center of the Milky Way Galaxy?
How much of the moon is always illuminated?
What is half?
What part of the shadow do you need to be in to see a total eclipse?
What is the umbra?
What are full moon and new moon?
The degree of Earth's tilt
What is 23.5?
These two factors influence the force of gravity
What are mass and distance?
If the left side of the moon is illuminated, it is this
This is the degree of the moon's orbital tilt, and the reason why eclipses are rare
What is 5%?
A tide occurs at a Waxing Crescent moon. What kind of tide is it?
What is "normal" tide ("regular")?
During an equinox, the Sun is at this location at noon
What is the equator?