Seasons
Phases of the Moon
Eclipses
Solstices and Equinoxes
Earth's movement
100
When are the days the longest?
What is Summer
100
Name three moon phases
What is the new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent
100
What color might the Moon be during a total lunar eclipse?
What is reddish
100
When is the Sun highest in the sky?
What is the June solstice
100
How long does it take for the Earth to complete one rotation?
What is 24 hours
200
What do seasonal changes depend on?
What is the tilt of the Earth's rotation axis
200
What moon phase is this?
What is the waning gibbous
200
What moon phase has to be active for a solar eclipse?
What is the new moon
200
Which two solstices or equinoxes are almost equal
What are the March and September equinoxes
200
This is the word for the motion of one object around another
What is a revolution
300
Why is Earth warmer at the equator and colder at the poles?
What is the spreading and concentration of sunlight
300
How long does it take the lunar cycles to complete one rotation?
What is 29.5 days
300
How long does a total solar eclipse last?
What is seven minutes and twenty nine seconds
300
What is the rotational axis during equinoxes?
What is 90 degrees
300
How long does it take the moon to rotate around Earth
What is 27.3 days
400
If it is fall in the northern hemisphere what is it in the southern hemisphere?
What is Spring
400
When is the full moon highest in the sky?
What is midnight
400
This is the cause of the reddish tint of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse
What is sunlight that is reflected off of Earth's atmosphere
400
When is the September equinox?
What is September 22nd or 23rd
400
When is the Earth closest and farthest from the Sun?
What are January 3 and July 4
500
What happens to the hemispheres if it is Summer in the northern hemisphere?
What is the northern hemisphere receiving more sunlight and the southern hemisphere receiving less sunlight
500
These are the differences between waxing and waning
What is more of the Moon is visible and less visibility
500
Why don't eclipses occur every month?
What is the alignment of the Earth and the Moon's shadows
500
What is the rotation axis in the June solstice
What is 66.5 degrees
500
This is the direction Earth rotates on
What is counterclockwise