Phases
When you see all of the moon.
What is a full moon?
The moon creates its light from this.
What is the sun?
The moon passes between Earth and the sun, blocking the sun's rays.
What is a solar eclipse?
Another name for fall.
What is autumn?
Spinning like a top.
What is rotation/rotating?
When you cannot see any of the moon.
What is a new moon?
The moon is Earth's only natural_________?
What is a satellite?
The Earth is directly between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
Earth's tilt is this many degrees.
What is 23.5 degrees?
One object encircling another in space.
What is a revolution?
When you see half of one side of the moon.
What is a quarter moon (1st quarter/3rd quarter)?
The gravity of the moon is this fraction of Earth's gravity.
What is 1/6?
Dark part of the shadow in an eclipse.
What is the umbra?
What is an equinox?
The curved path a planet or moon takes.
What is an orbit?
When a moon appears less than half of the side facing Earth.
What is a crescent?
The period of time from one full moon to the next is this many days.
What is 29.5 days?
Lighter part of the shadow during an eclipse.
What is the penumbra?
The longest day and the longest night are at this point in time.
What is the solstice?
The name of a second full moon in the same month.
What is a blue moon?
When the moon is close to full but not quite there.
What is a gibbous moon?
The date and year when man first walked on the moon.
What is July 20, 1969?
The name for a planet (Mercury or Venus) coming between the Earth and the sun.
What is a planetary transit?
In Australia, the first day of summer is what date?
The imaginary center line an object spins on.
What is the axis (of rotation)?