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Rotation/Revolution
Seasons
Moon Phases
Eclipses
Gravity
100
The spin of the earth on its axis

Rotation

100

Which season occurs when the earth is tilted towards the sun?

Summer

100

What is the name of the moon that is C-shaped, less than half?

Crescent

100

What is casted during an eclipse?

Shadow

100

Is gravity a push or a pull?

Pull

200

The movement of one object around another

Revolution 

200
How is the earth positioned for a part of the earth to experience winter?

Axis is tilted away from the sun 

200

What is the name of the moon phases where no moon appears in the sky?

New moon 

200

What moon phases does the moon have to be in during a lunar eclipse?

Full moon

200

What are the 2 factors that affect gravity?

Mass and distance

300

How long does one rotation of the Earth take?

24 hours or 1 day 

300

What does the North and South hemisphere experience during the June Solstice 

North = summer

South = winter

300

How many days into the moon cycle does it take for the third quarter to appear?

21 days

300

What are the 2 parts of the shadow in an eclipse called?

Umbra and penumbra

300
Which has more gravitational force? Earth or Moon?

Earth 

400
Rotation causes us to experience _______ and ____________.

Day and night

400

During the December solsitce, the south is experiencing _______ and the north is experiencing _______________. 

Summer, Winter

400
Define waxing and waning. 

Waxing - moon is growing, light is on right side

Waning - moon is shrinking, light is on left side

400

Correctly state how the Earth-Moon and Sun are aligned during a SOLAR eclipse. 

Sun - moon - earth (moon is in middle)

400
When mass increases, gravity ____________.

Increases

500
How long does the revolution of the Earth take and what does it cause us to see in the sky?

1 YEAR/365 DAYS, DIFFERENT CONSTELLATIONS

500
What latitude receives the most light during an equinox? Give an example of a season that occurs during an equinox. 

Equator, Spring/Fall

500
Give the correct moon phases name for the following: the moon is more than halfway lit, with the light on the right side 

Waxing gibbous

500

Correctly state the order of the Sun Moon and Earth during a LUNAR eclipse?

Sun, Earth,Moon - earth is in the middle 

500

The further apart 2 objects are, the ________________ gravity there will be. 

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