Moon Phase
What is larger a gibbous or crescent moon?
Gibbous
What does our Sun give us?
Light and Heat
What angle is earth's tilt at?
23.5
True or False: The Moon revolves around the Earth.
True.
What season is it when Northern hemisphere is titled away from the sun?
Winter
What is the word for when the moon is gradually getting smaller?
Waning
How long does it take to revolve or orbit around the Sun?
365 days or 1 year
How long does it take the Earth to rotate once?
What does it cause?
24 hours
Day and night
What do you call the line separating the light and dark side of the moon?
List the names of all of the seasons (both parts)
Summer solstice
Winter Solstice
Spring/Vernal Equinox
Fall/Autumnal Equinox
Does the moon get smaller or larger after a full moon? What is the phase?
Smaller
waning gibbous
How does sunlight travel?
In straight line.
What causes the seasons?
Tilt of Earth and Orbit around the sun
About 7 days after a new moon, you would see...?
First Quarter
What part of the Earth experiences little seasonal variation?
At the Equator.
Moon phase after the new moon?
waxing crescent
We experience daytime when...
our side of the planet faces the sun
What is the difference between the umbra and the penumbra?
Umbra is the inner darker shadow cast by an object.
Penumbra is the partially shaded outer region cast by an object.
In a waxing moon, the light is on the...
Right
What is top half of Earth called where we live?
If we have summer what season is bottom half in?
We live in North hemisphere
When we have summer Southern hemisphere has winter
What is the moon phase when the moon is between the Earth and the sun?
What does the moon look like?
New Moon
Can't see moon
We experience nighttime when...
our side of the planet faces away from the sun
In a waning moon, the light is on the....
Left
Why do we experience eclipses?
In what phase do we see a lunar eclipse?
In what phase do we see a solar eclipse?
The moon is at a 5ยบ orbit tilt around Earth. When the Sun, Earth, and Moon come in alignment an eclipse will occur.
Full Moon
New Moon
What would seasons be like if Earth's axis were straight up and down?
There would be no seasons