Moon Facts
What is the Lunar Cycle?
The name for the changing shapes of the moon
What is the name of the phase where we cannot see the moon at all?
New Moon
How long is a day on Earth?
24 hours
What are the four seasons?
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
What is an orbit?
The path an object takes when revolving a around another object
About how long is the lunar cycle?
28 days / one month
What is the name of the line that circles the Earth and splits it into north and south?
Equator
What causes us to have seasons?
Tilted Axis
What do we call the rocks and ice between Mars and Jupiter?
Asteroid Belt
What is a WAXING phase?
When the moon is getting bigger.
What is a WANING phase?
When the moon is getting smaller.
Why is Earth's axis special?
It is tilted
What season is December in North Carolina?
Winter
Largest Planet?
Jupiter
What do we call the moon when it is a tiny sliver?
Crescent
What is the name for a moon that is exactly between full and new?
Half or Quarter
What do we call the halves of the Earth?
Hemispheres
What season is June in Antarctica?
What was the name of the planet that hit Earth and made the moon?
Theia
What causes the moon to have different phases?
How much sun is shining on its surface.
What is the name for when the moon is ALMOST full?
Gibbous
What part of the Earth has the most amount of sunlight each year?
Earth's middle (Equator)
How is the sun's position in the sky different during summer and winter?
In summer, the sun is higher in the sky and during winter it is lower.
How many planets have rings?
4