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Earth/Sun
Equinox/Solstice
Moon
Moon Phases
100
Rotation
What is the process in which a planet spins on its own axis?
100
Occurs when there is and equal amount of sunlight in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
What is equinox?
100
The reason for ocean tides on Earth
What is the moon's gravitational pull?
100
The phase in which the moon is "invisible"
What is New Moon?
200
Revolution
What is the process in which one body revolves around another body, such as the Earth moving around the Sun.
200
Summer solstice (June)
What is the date in which there is a maximum amount of sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere?
200
Lunar Highlands
What are the higher altitude formations on the moon called?
200
The term used to show that the moon appears to get smaller
What is waning?
300
The tilt of Earth on its axis
What is the reason for why we have seasons?
300
The beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is Sept. 21st?
300
Mare, or Maria
What is the name of the feature found at lower altitudes?
300
Waxing crescent
What is the phase in which the moon is just starting to appear on the outer edge.
400
The sun is high in the sky.
When does a shadow appear to be the shortest?
400
June 21st
What is the date of the summer solstice for the Northern Hemisphere?
400
The mantle.
What is the thickest layer of the moon?
400
The right half of the moon is visible.
What is first quarter?
500
The rotation of Earth from East to West (counter-clockwise) on its own axis.
What causes day and night?
500
The place on Earth where the sun rises at the Sept. equinox and doesn't set until the March equinox.
What is the South Pole?
500
We only see one side of the moon from here on Earth.
What is the result of the moon's rate of rotation being equal to it's rate of revolution?
500
All but the right edge of the moon is visible.
What is waning gibbous?