Phases of the Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooon
This phase is characterized by the moon appearing completely shaded.
What is a New Moon?
These are the two space objects responsible for Earth's tides.
What are the sun and moon?
This occurs when Earth casts its shadow on the moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
This term describes an objects spinning around its axis.
What is rotation?
This is an object that orbits a star.
What is a planet?
This phase is characterized by the moon appearing to be completely lit.
What is a Full Moon?
These tides occur on the side of Earth facing the moon.
What are high tides?
This occurs when the moon casts its shadow on Earth.
What is a solar eclipse?
This term describes an object moving around another during its orbit.
What is revolution?
This object is a superheated ball of gas.
What is a star?
This phase is characterized by the right side of the moon being lit and the left side of the moon being shaded.
What is a First Quarter Moon?
These two phases of the moon occur during spring tides.
What are Full and New Moons?
This is the phase of the moon that occurs during a lunar eclipse.
What is a Full Moon?
This is the reason Earth goes through seasons.
What is Earth's tilt?
This is an object that orbits a planet.
What is a moon?
This phase is characterized by the left side of the moon being lit and the right side of the moon being shaded.
What is a Third Quarter Moon?
These two phases of the moon occur during neap tides.
What are First and Third Quarter Moons?
This is the phase of the moon that occurs during a solar eclipse.
What is a New Moon?
This model of the solar system showed every other object in space moving around Earth.
What is the geocentric model?
This is an icy rock that orbits a star, characterized by its long tail.
What is a comet?
This is due to the position of moon in its orbit around Earth, causing those on Earth to see different portions of the day and night sides of the moon.
What causes the moon phases?
The reason why we always see the same side of the moon.
What is Tidal Locking?
This is the part of the sun that is visible during a solar eclipse.
What is the corona?
These factors help keep an object in orbit.
What are gravity and inertia?
These are the four terrestrial (rocky) planets.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?