Rotation/Revolution
This is the path of an object as it revolves around another object in space.
What is orbit?
New Moon, 1st Quarter Moon, Full Moon, and 3rd Quarter Moon
What are types of moon phases?
This is when an object in space passes between the Sun and a third object in space which casts a shadow on that object.
What is an eclipse?
The reason the moon influences tides on Earth rather than the sun.
What is the moon is closer to Earth?
This is the type of light or sun's rays do we receive during an equinox.
What is indirect?
This is the imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and North and South poles
What is the axis?
The phase when the light of the moon is decreasing.
What is waning?
This only occurs during a New Moon phase when the moon passes between the Earth and Sun.
What is the Solar Eclipse?
This the the time it takes to go through a tidal cycle on Earth.
What is 24 hours?
This is responsible for the change in seasons.
What is the Earth's tilt?
What is about every 28 days?
This only occurs during a Full Moon phase when the Earth is directly between the moon and the sun.
What is a Lunar Eclipse?
The type of tide created when the sun, Earth and moon are in a straight line.
What is a spring tide?
This is why North Carolina experiences warm temperature in the summer.
What is the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun in summer?
This is the movement of an object around another fixed object
What is revolution?
This is the direction the moon revolves around the Earth.
What is counter-clockwise?
This is the darkest part of the shadow cast by an object in space
What is an Umbra?
These occur because the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun are at a 90 degree angle.
What are neap tides?
This is when neither hemisphere is titled toward or away from the Sun which causes day and night to be equal length.
What is an Equinox?
Double Jeopardy
What is affected by how far an area of land is from the equator?
What is the number of daylight hours?
This is where the Earth is during a full moon.
What is between the sun and moon?
This is the lighter part of the shadow cast by an object in space
What is the penumbra?
Double Jeopardy
This is why a spring tide produces a stronger tide than a neap tide.
What is the gravitational pull of the sun is added to the moon's gravity to make the tide stronger?
This produces the longest and shortest days of the year.
What is the Solstice?