Seasons
What causes seasons?
The seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis changing the amount of direct sunlight the Earth gets in different areas.
What is revolution?
An object traveling around the another object.
(Ex. earth traveling around the sun or moon traveling around the Earth)
What are the two phases called when you only see a sliver of the moon? (two phases)
Waxing and waning crescent
What Moon phase starts of the cycle?
New Moon
Do the Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience the same seasons?
No, they are flip flopped so when its Fall in the Northern, it is Spring in the Southern
Name the eclipse
Sun --- Earth ---- Moon
Lunar
How long does the lunar cycle take ,one full cycle,?
28 days
What are the phases called when you can see only half of the moon? (Two phases)
First and Third quarter moon
What causes day and night?
Earth rotating on its axis
Full
What are the two moon phases called when you see most of the moon, but not all? (two phases)
Waxing and Waning Gibbous
What phases are when you see all or none of the moon?
Full and New Moon
Australia is in the ______________ hemisphere.
Southern
A partial lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes into the ___________
Penumbra
What is it called when the lunar cycle is going from the new moon to the full moon? (increases in the amount of light)
Waxing
What moon phases occurs after a new moon?
Waxing Crescent
During summer our part of Earth is tilted _____ the sun, during winter our part of Earth is tilted ______ from the sun.
toward, away
What is it called when the lunar cycle goes from full moon to the new moon? (decreases in the amount of light we see)
Waning
What is the moon phases before the full moon?
Waxing Gibbous