Earth
This causes the Earth to have seasons
What is "the tilt & revolution of the Earth"?
This is created when light from the sun is blocked by an object
What is "a shadow"?
During this phase of the moon, we can see no light from the moon.
What is a "new moon"?
This keeps the Earth and moon in their orbits.
What is "gravity"?
This word describes an object spinning on a central point.
What is "rotating"?
This is why we have day and night
What is "Earth's rotation"?
The sun rises in this direction and sets in this direction
What is a "[rises in the] East & [sets in the] West"?
This is the length of time it takes the moon to go through a cycle of phases
What is "29.5 days [or about a month]"?
It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.
What is 24 hours?
This imaginary line goes from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth.
What is the "axis"?
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
What is 365.25 days?
This is the reason everything in our solar system orbit around the sun
What is "it has the most gravity"?
This is where the moon is located relative to the Earth & sun during a full moon
What is "directly across from them"?
This is a natural or artificial body that revolves around a planet
What is a "satellite"?
This term is used to describe the phase of the moon when we see a completely illuminated side.
What is "full moon"?
When it is winter in North America, what is it in Australia & why.
What is "It is summer because they are tilted towards the sun"?
This is why we see the sun traveling across the sky
What is "Earth's rotation"?
It takes this long for the moon to revolve completely around the Earth.
What is "What is 27.3 days [or about a month]"?
The time if year when north pole 24 gets hours of sunlight & Northern Hemisphere experience the longest amount of daylight
What is "summer solstice or June 21"?
As we see less and less of the illuminated part of the moon, we say that it is doing this.
What is "waning"?
The degree of Earth's tilt
What is "23.5 degrees"?
A person on Earth sees the sun traveling across the sky each day even though it doesn't move. This is called its
What is "apparent movement"
The moon affects this part of the Earth, changing it daily on our beaches.
What is the "ocean tide"?
This is why we only see one side of the moon
What is "because its rotation and revolution occur at the same rate"?
When the Earth is not tilted towards the sun nor is it tilted away from the sun
What is an "Equinox"?