Earth's Motion vocab
The motion of one object around another object is called
revolution
a day when Earth's rotation axis is the most toward or away from the sun
solstice
Large, dark, flat areas on the moon
Maria
The moon looks completely lit
full moon
the central, darker part of a shadow where light is totally blocked
umbra
The path an object follows as it moves around another object is an
orbit
A day when earth's rotation axis is leaning along Earth's orbit, neither toward nor away from the sun
Equinox
The portion of the Moon or a planet reflecting light as seen from earth
phase
The moon is completely dark
new moon
the lighter part of a shadow where light is partially blocked
penumbra
rotation
June ______
march equinox
june solstice
waxing phase
The moon is half lit
Quarter moon
When the moon's shadow appears on earth's surface
solar eclipse
The line on which an object rotates is the
rotation axis
June ______
September _____
June solstice
September equinox
less of the Moon's near side is lit each night during this phase
waning phase
The moon is almost full but not quite
gibbous
occurs when the Moon moves into Earth's shadow
lunar eclipse
Earth's surface becomes more tilted as you move away from the
equator
September _______
December ______
September equinox
December solstice
True or false? The giant impact hypothesis states that a large object collided with Earth about 4.5 billion years ago to form the Moon
True
The moon has phases because...
The moon is revolving and rotating around earth
red