What is the angle of Earth's Tilt on its axis?
What is 23.5 degrees
Something spinning on its axis
Rotation
What type of eclipse is this
solar
When its winter in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere
Summer
When the moon is completely illuminated
Full Moon
When the Earth is not tilted towards or away from the sun, equal hours of day and night
What is an equinox?
When one object moves around another
Revolution
What type of eclipse is this
Lunar eclipse
If a planet doesn't have a tilt, does it have seasons?
no
Why does the moon have phases
different portions of the moon are lit up by the sun
This causes seasons
What is the tilt
1 day
Does the moon have its own light?
No
What planet has a longer rotation than revolution?
venus
What is the size of the moon compared to Earth?
1/4
A day in each hemisphere where the sun is the highest in the sky
What is a solstice
How long is a revolution on Earth
1 year
Why do we have leap year?
A revolution is 365 and 1/4 days
What direction does Earth rotate and revolve?
Counter- Clockwise
How does the moon impact earth?
causes ocean tides
What day does each season start on
Winter- Dec 21 Spring- March 20 Summer- June 20 Fall- September 22
Why do we only ever see one side of the moon
Its rotation and revolution are the same
During winter are we tilted towards or away from the sun in Northern Hemisphere
away from
How many hours and daylight and darkness do we have today?
13.5 daylight
10.5 night
How long is the moon's orbit?
27 days