Solstice
What is the longest day of the year?
Summer Solstice
The sun is made of?
hot glowing gas
Define Axis
The imaginary line on the earth
What does a full moon look like?
We can see the entire lit side
Define Waxing Gibbous
The phase in which more than half of the light on the left side is decreasing
What is the shortest day of the year called?
Winter Solstice
Define rotation
Earth is spinning around on its axis
Define rotation
The movement that cause day and night
Define New Moon
When the moon is completely dark
Define First Qurter
the phase in which the left side of the moon is lit and the light is decreasing
The Northern Hemisphere has this kind of tilt during the summer
Define revolution
earth travelling around the sun
This takes 24 hours to spin around
24 hours`
Define First Quarter
The phase where the right half of the moon is lit
Define "waxing"
the light is increasing
Define Solstice
When the sun reaches the highest or lowest point in the sky
What happens when earth is tilted and revolving around the sun?
We get seasons
What is 23.5 degrees
Earth's tilts
Define Waxing Gibbous
The phase where the left side of the moon is lit, and the light is increasing
Define Waning
The light is decreasing
Why do solstices happen?
Earth is tilted on its axis, and different parts of Earth get different amounts of daylight
Why do we have seasons?
Earth's tilt, rotation and revolution
Define the summer tilts
A season where the earth is tilted towards the sun
Define Waxing Crescent
A small sliver of light on the right side
Define New Moon
When the earth is betwen the sun and moon