Moon Phases
What does waxing mean?
increasing in size/ growing
What is the order of the seasons starting with summer?
Summer-- Fall-- Winter-- Spring
What does solar and lunar mean respectively?
Solar-Sun
Lunar-Moon
What are the four planets of the inner solar system?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
What does terrestrial mean?
What is it called when exactly 1/2 the moon is lit up?
1st or 3rd quarter
How will you know what season is summer in a respective hemisphere?
The summer season the axis is tilted toward the sun.
Draw the sun moon earth system for a lunar eclipse.
Sun-- Earth-- Moon
What are the four planets of the outer solar system?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What month is the daylight hours the longest in the Northern Hemisphere? In the Southern Hemisphere?
Northern--June
Southern-- December
How many times a year does the moon go through all of its phases?
12
If it is spring in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern? Why?
It is Fall in the Southern Hemisphere because the Earth's tilt is opposite for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Draw the sun moon earth system for a solar eclipse.
Sun-- Moon -- Earth
Describe the sizes and distances for planets in the inner solar system vs planets in the outer solar system.
Inner: The sizes are very small and the distances are close together
Outer: The sizes are much larger and the distances are more spread out
What does it mean for something to orbit?
The path an object takes as it moves around another object in space.
What is the difference between a crescent and gibbous moon?
A crescent is less than 1/2 the moon lit up and a gibbous is more than 1/2 the moon lit up, but not a full moon yet.
What is an equinox? What dates are the equinoxes? Hint there are 2.
When the daytime and nighttime hours are exactly the same. Sept 21st and March 21st
What is more common solar or lunar eclipses?
Lunar eclipses are more common
What is the relationship between mass and gravity?
The more mass an object has the more gravitational force it has. More mass= more gravity
Draw a waxing gibbous moon phase.
Light on the right. More than 1/2 the moon is lit up.
List the moon phases in order starting with the new moon.
New Moon-- waxing crescent--1st quarter--waxing gibbous--full moon--waning gibbous--3rd quarter--waning crescent--new moon
What is a solstice? What dates are the solstice? Hint there are 2.
What is the path of totality?
The path of totality is the narrow, moving track on Earth's surface where the Moon completely covers the Sun, causing a total solar eclipse
What is the importance of gravity in our solar system?
Gravity keeps the planets orbiting the sun and the sun in its place in the milky way galaxy.
29.5 days
(28-30)