Seasons
The motion of one celestial body around another.
Revolution
The largest planet in our Solar System
Jupiter
When it is Spring in California, what season is it in New Zealand?
Autumn/Fall
This is when the Moon goes from New to Full
Waxing
When the Moon casts a shadow on Earth
Solar Eclipse
Th amount of solar radiation that reaches the Earth.
Insolation - Incoming Solar Radiation
All planets in orbit in what direction?
Counterclockwise
What causes the change in temperature we associate with the change in seasons?
The angle of sunlight striking Earth's surface due to the tilt of Earth's Axis
The lunar phase where the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun
Full Moon
Mass and Distance are components of this Force
Gravity
When the days and night are the same length of time.
Vernal or Autumnal Equinox
What happens to orbital velocity as planets increase in distance from the Sun
Decreases
This is the spinning of Earth around its axis
Rotation
The partial or total blocking of light of an object in space by another
Eclipse
This happens to orbital motion when distance between two celestial bodies decrease
Crash into each other
What season is it when the Earth is tilted towards the sun?
Summer Solstice
The study of objects and matter outside the Earth's atmosphere
Astronomy
The oval shaped path Earth moves around the Sun
Ellipse
This explains eclipses occurring a few times a year rather than twice per month
The Moon's orbit at a 5 degree tilt
The most gravitationally dominant object in our Solar System
The Sun
The tilt of the Earth's Axis is always.
23.5 degrees
The theory of how our universe formed.
Big Bang Theory
The name of a Waning Moon where we see a quarter of the Moons surface in sunlight
3rd quarter Moon
The name of the tides when the Earth, Sun and Moon are aligned.
Spring Tide
The phase of the Moon in which tides are the highest
New Moon