Seasons
Virginia is in this season when the northern hemisphere is pointed towards the sun
What is Summer
The time it takes for the moon to complete one revolution
What is 29.5 day
This object is shaded during a lunar eclipse.
What is the moon?
The periodic rise and fall of the ocean levels.
What is tides?
The object that crashed into the young earth
What is Theia?
This is another name for the first day of winter.
What is the winter solstice
The word used when the amount of light we see on the moon is growing.
What is Waxing?
This object is shaded during a solar eclipse.
What is the Sun
The Amount of time between each tide change.
What is 6 hours?
The name of the mission that put the first man on the moon
What is the Apollo 11?
This is what causes the seasons
What is the tilt of the earths axis
This phase of the moon when we see less than half of the moon covered in light.
What is crescent phase?
The shadow from which a solar eclipse can be viewed
What is the umbra
The two moon phases we get spring tides.
What is new and full moon?
The first man to step on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong
The event that happens on either June 20 or 21
What is the summer solstice?
The percentage of the moon that is reflecting light from the sun at all times.
What is 50%?
This occurs if the moon does not completely pass through the earths umbra
What is a partial lunar eclipse?
The Two moon phases we get neap tides
What is 1st and 3rd quarter?
The hypotheses which is most widely accepted as the explanation for the formation of the moon.
What is the Big impact hypothesis?
This Day occurs when the sun is directly over the equator
What is the vernal equinox/
What is the autumnal equinox
The position of the moon at new moon
What is between the sun and the Earth?
This is the reason we don't have a solar an lunar eclipse every month.
What is the 5 degree difference in the orbit plane?
The object that affect earths tides the most.
What is the moon
The first man made satellite in orbit
What is Sputnik