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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Phases & Eclipses
Phases & Eclipses
Phases & Eclipses
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This occurs when the moon's shadow hits Earth or Earth's shadow hits the moon.
What is eclipse
100
The ____________ of the moon you see depends on how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth.
What is phase
100
What occurs when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun?
What is a lunar eclipse
100
Like Earth, the moon rotates and ___________.
What is revolves
100
One "day" on the moon is the same length as one _________ on Earth.
What is month
200
A person standing in the moon's _____________ would see a partial solar eclipse.
What is penumbra
200
A ____________ eclipse occurs at a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun.
What is lunar
200
What occurs when the moon passes directly between Earth and the sun?
What is a solar eclipse
200
What are the different shapes of the moon called that you see from Earth?
What is phases
200
The ____________ positions of the moon, Earth, and the sun change as the moon orbits Earth.
What is relative
300
A person standing in the moon's ____________ would see a total solar eclipse.
What is umbra
300
A ____________ eclipse occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the sun.
What is solar
300
What occurs as the moon moves through Earth's shadow?
What is a lunar eclipse
300
The moon revolves around the Earth and __________ on its own axis.
What is rotates
300
The moon's orbit around Earth is absolutely straight or slightly tilted with respect to Earth's orbit around the sun.
What is slightly tilted
400
The amount of the moon's surface that is lit by the sun changes or stays the same.
What is stays the same