Moon Phase
What is larger a gibbous or crescent moon?
Gibbous
Does the moon shine its own light?
No, it reflects the sunlight.
What angle is earth's tilt at?
23.5
True or False: The Moon revolves around the Earth.
True.
What causes the seasons?
Tilt of Earth and Revolution.
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?
What does it cause?
365 days or 1 year
Seasons
What does the equinox give us in terms of daylight.
What does sol mean?
Sun
What season is it when Northern hemisphere is titled away from the sun?
Winter
Does the moon get smaller or larger after a full moon? What is the phase?
Smaller
waning gibbous
What is the shape of Earth's orbit around the sun?
How long does it take the Earth to rotate once?
What does it cause?
24 hours
Day and night
What does the solstices give us in terms of daylight?
The longest and shortest days.
How long is the moons revolution?
about 27.3 days
Moon phase after the new moon?
waxing crescent
What is revolution?
Earth's yearly orbit around the Sun.
The reason we have day and night is because of Earth’s.
Rotation
How many days does it take the moon to go through all its phases?
29.5 days
The Earth, Moon, and Sun align and the moon temporarily blocks the sun from reaching Earth.
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
What is the name of the lighter shadow and darker shadow that is created during an eclipse?
How does a lunar eclipse happen?
It happens when the Moon, Earth, and Sun align and the Earth blocks the sunlight from reaching the Moon.
What are the 8 phases of the moon?
New Moon, Waxing crescent, 1st quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, 3rd/last quarter, waning gibbous
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