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Moon Phases
Eclipses
Rotations
Seasons
Revolutions
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The cycle the moon goes through as it orbits the Earth.
What are Lunar Phases?
100
When the moon blocks the view of the sun.
What is a solar eclipse?
100
When the Earth does a complete rotation.
What is a day?
100
Winter, Spring, Summer Fall
What are seasons?
100
When the earth orbits fully around the sun.
What is a revolution?
200
When the entire near side of the moon is lit up.
What is a full moon?
200
One to two minutes
How long is a total solar eclipse?
200
The tilt of the Earth.
What is the Earth's axis?
200
When the area of sunlight is maximum in one hemisphere and at a minimum in the other.
What is a solstice?
200
365 1/4 days
How long is a revolution?
300
The right half of the moon is lit.
What is a first quarter moon?
300
Umbra
What is the darkest shadow?
300
Counterclockwise
What is the direction the Earth rotates?
300
When sunlight shines equally on the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
What is a equinox
300
12 months.
how many months are in a year?
400
The left half of the moon is lit.
What is a Third Quarter moon?
400
The bigger lighter shadow.
What is the penumbra?
400
The period of time in daylight that the hemisphere that faces the sun is in.
What is daytime?
400
The tilt of the Earth's 23.5 axis.
What causes seasons?
400
30km/s
What is the average speed of the earths revolution around the sun?
500
When the near side of the moon is more than half way lit.
What is the gibbous phase?
500
a few hundred kilometers across
What is the moons umbra?
500
The period of time in daylight that the hemisphere that faces away the sun is in.
What is nighttime?
500
September, December, March, and June.
What is the months when equinoxs and solstices occur?
500
28 to 31 days.
What is the range of days in a month?