Phases of the Moon
What is the first phase of the moon?
What is a New Moon
What is a solar eclipse?
What is an event where the Moon blocks the Sun's light on Earth
What causes day and night?
What is the rotation of the Earth on its axis as it revolves around the Sun
What causes the seasons?
What is the tilt of the Earth's axis and it revolves around the Sun
What is the tilt of the Moon's orbit?
What is 5 degrees
What phase comes after a full moon?
What is a Waning Gibbous
What is a lunar eclipse?
What is an event where the Earth casts a shadow on the Moon?
How long does it take for the Earth to rotate once?
How long is 24 hours
How long does it take for the Earth to revolve around the Sun?
What is 365 days?
How does the tilt of the Moon's axis affect its phases?
What affects the visibility of the Moon's surface features. (the phases we can see)
What phase is when the moon is not visible?
What is a New Moon
What is the difference between a total and partial eclipse?
What is during a total eclipse, the entire Sun or Moon is obscured/blocked from light; in a partial eclipse, only part of it is obscured/blocked from light.
What is the Earth's rotation?
What is the spinning of the Earth on its axis
What is the tilt of the Earth's axis?
What is 23.5 degrees?
Why is the Moon's tilt less than the Earth's?
The Moon is less influenced by gravitational forces compared to the Earth
What phase is halfway between a new moon and a full moon?
What is the First Quarter
What is the umbra in an eclipse?
What is the darkest part of a shadow where no light can be seen
What is the difference between rotation and revolution?
What is Rotation is the spinning on an axis, while revolution is the orbit around another object
How do the seasons differ in the northern and southern hemispheres?
When it's summer in one hemisphere, it's winter in the other.
What effect does the Moon's tilt have on lunar eclipses?
It causes the Moon to be positioned slightly off the Earth's shadow during some eclipses, making it so a total lunar eclipse only happens occasionally.
What is the term for the complete cycle of moon phases?
What is the Lunar Cycle
What is the penumbra in an eclipse?
What is the outer and lighter part of the shadow where some light can be seen
How does the tilt of the Earth's axis affect day and night?
What is it causes variations in daylight hours and intensity throughout the year.
What is the significance of the equinoxes?
What marks the times of the year when day and night are approximately equal in length.
How does the Moon's axis tilt compare to the Earth's axis tilt?
The Moon's tilt s much less than the Earth's tilt