Moon Phases
This is when the moon is not visible from Earth at all.
What is the New Moon?
It means to spin
What is rotation?
This natural phenomenon divides the year into four parts due to Earth’s tilt.
What are seasons?
Daylight saving time is when we turn our clock forward by one hour in the spring and turn it back one hour in the fall
What is daylight saving time?
Fall, Summer, Winter and Spring
What are the 4 seasons
This moon phase looks like a fully lit circle.
What is the Full Moon?
Revolving is the circular movement of an object about a point in space.
What is Revolving?
The day with the most daylight hours in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the summer solstice?
This is when we say goodbye to winter and hello to spring. It is on March 21st
What and when is the spring Equinox?
23.5 Degrees
How much is the Earth tilted at towards the sun
The full moon cycle takes about this long.
What is 29.5 days?
This eclipse occurs when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
The day with equal daylight and darkness.
What is an equinox?
This is the official start of summer and it is on June 21st
What and when is Summer solstice
It is tilted away from the sun
During the winter months what way is the Earth tilted
When the moon goes through all 8 phases in the 4 week orbit.
What is the lunar Cycle
These colorful lights appear when solar particles collide with gases in Earth’s atmosphere.
What are auroras?
The two types of solstices are these.
What are the summer and winter solstices?
This is a natural object in space that orbits a planet and does not produce its light.
What is a moon?
A solar Eclipse is when the Moon passes in between the Sun and Earth
What is a solar Eclipse
Half of the Moon's face is lit, and it's the right half. This phase is one-quarter of the way through the lunar month.
What is the First Quarter Moon?
24 hours
How long does it take to do one full Rotation
This happens around March and September and marks the start of spring and fall.
What is an equinox?
A leap year is when and extra day is added in February which then has 29 days instead of 28
There are 8 phases of the moon
How many phases of the moon are there