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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
Which celestial body is primarily responsible for the tides?
What is "the moon?"
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
The shape of the Earth
What is a "sphere"?
200
The sun is a big fiery ball of gas called this.
What is a "star"?
200
Solar refers to the sun (i.e. solar eclipse). This term refers to the moon (i.e. _____ eclipse).
What is "lunar"?
200
It takes this long for the Earth to complete a 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
The sun rises in 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
When the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon aligns, we get this kind of tide.
What is a "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
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
The days are about as long as the nights during this time of year.
What is "an equinox"?
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
This is how the sun's rays strike the Earth more directly during this season.
What is "the summer"?
500
This is what we are standing within, when experiencing a total solar eclipse.
What is the "umbra"?
500
This is the time of year when the days are the longest, causing the hottest days during in the summer.
What is a "Summer Solstice"?
500
This is the tide that results from having a 90 degree angle between the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon.
What is a "neap tide"?