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Earth and sun
Earth and Sun
Moon
100
This word describes the spin on a planet on its axis
What is rotation
100

How do we describe a moon that appears to be getting bigger?

What is waxing.

100

Tonight I saw a waxing quarter Moon. Tomorrow night I will see.

What is a waxing gibbous moon.

200
How long does it take for Earth to complete one rotation?
What is one day or 24 hours
200

This phase occurs when the lit half of the Moon is facing away from Earth.

What is New Moon.

200

Tonight I saw a waning quarter moon. Tomorrow night I will see.

What is a waning crescent.

300
The rotation of Earth on its axis causes this.
What is day and night.
300

It takes 365 and 1/4 days for earth to do a _______ around the sun

Revolution

300

True or false? Depending on the time of the month we can see either the near side of the moon or the far side

False

400

What is the main cause of seasons on earth?

Earths tilt on its axis

400
Why does the North Pole have 24 hours of daylight during the summer solstice?
What is the Earth's axis is titled toward the sun.
400

How do we describe a moon that appears to be getting smaller

What is waning.

500

During the winter the Earth's axis is tilted _______ from the sun.

What is away

500

What is the force called that keeps the earth orbiting the sun and the moon orbiting the earth?

gravity and inertia

500
The moon appears to be giving off moonlight. What causes this?
What is reflection of light from the sun.