Astronomical Phenomena
What are events that happen in the sky or outer space called?
What are astronomical phenomena?
What phase occurs when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun?
What is the New Moon?
What happens during a solar eclipse?
What occurs when the Moon comes between the Earth and the Sun?
How many seasons are there in a year?
What are four seasons?
What are auroras also known as?
What are the Northern Lights or Southern Lights?
What is a celestial body?
What is a natural object that exists in space, like a planet or star?
What do we call the phase when half of the Moon is illuminated on the right side?
What is the First Quarter?
What is a lunar eclipse?
What occurs when the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon?
What happens during a solstice?
What is one hemisphere experiences the longest day or longest night?
What causes the colors in auroras?
What is the interaction between charged particles from the Sun and the Earth's atmosphere?
How many seasons are there, and what are they?
What are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn (fall), and winter?
How long does it take for the Moon to complete its orbit around Earth?
What is about 29.5 days?
Name the two types of solar eclipses
What are total solar eclipses and partial solar eclipses?
During which season does one hemisphere tilt towards the Sun?
What is summer?
Where are auroras most commonly seen?
What are near the Earth's poles?
What causes the seasons to change?
What is the tilt of the Earth's axis and its orbit around the Sun?
Which phase comes after the Full Moon?
What is the Waning Gibbous?
Why do eclipses happen?
What is when the orbits of celestial bodies align?
What is the axial tilt of Earth?
What is approximately 23.5 degrees?
What colors are commonly seen in auroras?
What are green, pink, purple, and red?
Name two types of eclipses.
What are lunar eclipses and solar eclipses?
What is the term for the complete lunar cycle from one New Moon to the next?
What is a synodic month?
What can lunar eclipses sometimes make the Moon appear?
What is darker or a reddish hue?
What are equinoxes?
What are times when day and night are approximately equal in length?
What are charged particles released by the Sun called?
What is solar wind?