Earth
This causes the Earth's seasons.
The tilt of the Earth
The word sol refers to this object.
Sun
It takes this long for the moon to revolve completely around the Earth.
29 days or about a month
This keeps the Earth and moon in their orbits.
Gravity
This word describes the Earth spinning continuously.
Rotating
The shape of the Earth
A sphere
The sun is a big fiery ball of gas called this.
A star
What term refers to the moon.
Lunar
It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.
24 hours
This imaginary line goes from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth.
Axis
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
365 1/4 days
The sun rises in this direction.
East
During this phase of the moon, we can see no light from the moon.
New moon
Recall the Chinese tradition about a solar eclipse
A dragon eats the sun until scared away by banging of drums and firing of arrows
This term is used to describe the phase of the moon when we see all of the lit side.
Full moon
When it is winter in North America, it is this in Australia.
Summer
This occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth, blocking some the the sun's light.
Solar eclipse
What causes a lunar eclipse
The moon moves through the Earth's shadow, and cannot be seen for a short time.
Why does the sun appear higher in the sky during summer
Due to the tilt of the earth
As we see less and less of the lit part of the moon, we say that it is doing this.
Waning
Describe the structure of the Earth
Four layers inner core, outer core, mantle and crust. Nickel based core, solid surface, liquid water, a rocky planet.
Explain the structure of the sun
Hot inner core (15 million degrees), no solid surface, luminous, composed of H and He in a nuclear reaction, a ball of gas
The moon affects this part of the Earth daily.
The ocean tides
Name the eight phases of the moon
new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent
How long does it take for Uranus to revolve around the Sun?
84 years