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Earth
Moon Phases
Moon
This and That
Vocabulary
100

This causes the Earth's seasons.

What is the tilt of the Earth?

100

Moon Phase 1 

What is the first quarter?

100

It takes this long for the moon to revolve completely around the Earth.

What is 29 days or about a month?

100

This keeps the Earth and moon in their orbits.

What is "gravity"?

100
This word describes the Earth spinning continuously.
What is "rotating"?
200

When the north pole experiences 24 hours of daylight.

What is midnight sun?

200

Moon Phase 2

What is a waning gibbous?

200

Solar refers to the sun. This term refers to the moon.

What is "lunar"?

200

It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.

What is 24 hours?

200
This imaginary line goes from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth.
What is the "axis"?
300

The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.

What is 365 1/4 days?

300

Moon Phase 3

What is waxing cresent?

300

During this phase of the moon, we can see no light from the moon.

What is a "new moon"?

300

The term used to describe the day of the month that the tidal range is the greatest

What is spring tide?

300
This term is used to describe the phase of the moon when we see all of the lit side.
What is "full moon"?
400

When it is winter in North America, it is this in Australia.

What is "summer"?

400

The phase of the moon we see after the first quarter phase.

What is a waxing gibbous?

400

During this process, the moon moves through the Earth's shadow, and cannot be seen for a short time.

What is a "lunar eclipse"?

400
The sun appears higher in the sky during this time of year because of the tilt of the earth.
What is "summer"?
400
As we see less and less of the lit part of the moon, we say that it is doing this.
What is "waning"?
500

The imaginary line horizontally around the middle of the Earth.

What is the "equator"?

500

The phase of the moon that we see after a full moon.

What is a waning gibbous?

500

The moon affects this part of the Earth, changing it daily on our beaches.

What is the "ocean tide"?

500
We have this special day every 4 years in February because it takes the Earth 365 and 1/4 days to revolve around the sun.
What is "Leap Year Day"?
500
On Brain Pop, they described this part of the sun that is seen around the edge of the moon during a solar eclipse.
What is the "corona"?