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Earth
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Vocabulary
100

This causes the Earth's seasons.

What is the tilt of the Earth?

100

The word "solar" refers to this object.

What is the "sun"?

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

What would be the result if the Earth was not tilted on its axis, but straight up and down?

There would be no seasons. 

200

The sun is a big fiery ball of gas called this.

What is a "star"?

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 are 365 1/4 days?

300

During a neap or spring tide, what other object is necessary for the tides to be unusually higher or lower? 

The gravitational pull of the sun.

300
During this phase of the moon, we can see no light from the moon.
What is a "new moon"?
300

If standing on Earth, what shadow must you be under in order to see a total solar eclipse?

Umbra

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

What is the position of Earth when there is a lunar eclipse?

Between the sun and the moon.

400
This occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth, blocking some the the sun's light.
What is a "solar eclipse"?
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

What phase of the moon must occur in order to have a lunar eclipse

Full Moon


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

Why is the equator the warmest?

It receives the most direct sunlight

500
The moon affects this part of the Earth, changing it daily on our beaches.
What is the "ocean tide"?
500

A neap tide occurs during which two lunar phases?

1st and 3rd Quarter

500

What term describes when there is an equal amount of daylight and night?

Equinox