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Vocabulary
100

This causes the Earth's seasons and what is it's value.

What is the tilt of the Earth at ~23.5?

100

This rare eclipse happens about 375 years apart in the same area on Earth.

What is a total solar eclipse?

100

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

What is 29 days or about a month?

100

This is when a solar eclipse can occur.

What is during the day?

What is during a new moon?

100

This word describes the Earth spinning continuously on its axis.

What is "rotating"?

200

The shape of Earths orbit.

What is "elliptical"?

200

When more and more sunlight is reflected each day on the moon we say the moon is doing this.

What is "waxing"?

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 one full rotation.

What is 24 hours?

200

This imaginary line goes from the North Pole to the South Pole through the middle 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

The sun rises from this direction.

What is the "east"?

300

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

What is a "new moon"?

300

An eclipse does not occur at every New Moon and Full Moon because of this.

What is the angle of the Moon’s orbit around the Earth.

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 and the day is called this.

What is "summer" and summer solstice?

400

This occurs when the Earth moves between the sun and the moon, blocking some of the sun's light.

What is a "lunar eclipse"?

400

When You can see a partial eclipse You are standing in this kind of shadow.

What is a penumbra.

400

The Earth's equator is tilted as far south as it can be during this season.

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 shortest daylight day of the year in north America is called this and is on this day.

What is the "winter solstice on December 21st"?

500

This is the figure 8 pattern the sun makes in the sky as it rises high in the summer and low in the winter.

What is an analemma?

500

The moon is tidally locked with so the near side always faces toward Earth.

What do we see when the moon rotates at the same rate of time as it revolves.

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

When you see a partial eclipse, either lunar or solar, you are standing in a faint shadow called this

What is the "penumbra"?