Vocab
The spinning of Earth on its central axis, which takes approximately 24 hours and causes day and night.
What is: Rotation
Southern Hemisphere tilted away from the sun
What is: Winter
What primary factor, along with Earth's revolution around the Sun, causes the change of seasons on Earth?
What is: Tilt (Also acceptable: Tilt of the Axis)
How long does it take for the Moon to complete one full cycle of its phases?
What is: APPROXIMATELY 28 days (Will also accept 29.5 days/about a month)
During which Moon phase can a Solar Eclipse occur?
What is: New Moon
The motion of Earth traveling around the Sun, which takes about 365.25 days.
What is: Revolution
Sun on the bottom
Earth above the Sun
Moon above the Earth
What moon phase?
What is: Full Moon
What do we call the two days of the year when daylight and night hours are roughly equal everywhere on Earth (Autumnal and Vernal)?
What is: Equinox
What term describes the Moon phases when the illuminated portion visible from Earth is growing larger each night?
What is: Waxing
Why don't we have an eclipse every month?
What is: *Anything including alignment/perfect alignment*
A time of year when one hemisphere is tilted most toward or most away from the Sun, causing the longest day or shortest day of the year in that hemisphere.
What is: Solstice
In a diagram showing a Lunar Eclipse, which celestial body casts its shadow?
What is: Earth
What is: Summer
Name the moon phase: Moon is more than halfway lit and the light is decreasing.
What is: Waning Gibbous
How many hours are in between EACH tide?
What is: 6 hours
Lighter part of shadow
What is: Penumbra
Sun is on the left
Earth is to the right
Moon is on the bottom left of the Earth.
What is: Waxing Crescent
During which month does Winter Solstices occur in the Southern Hemisphere?
What is: June, July, or August
For a NEAP tide, Which moon phases occur?
What is: Quarter Moons (First Quarter/Last/Third Quarter)
Which shadow are you standing in for a PARTIAL eclipse to occur?
What is: Penumbra
When the Moon passes between the Earth and Sun, covering all or part of the Sun; occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon directly line up.
What is: Solar Eclipse
On a diagram illustrating tides, where are the two high-tide bulges located relative to the position of the Moon?
What is: To the right of the left of the moon (Also okay: new moon/full moon)
True or False: Earth experiences summer because it is physically closer to the Sun in its orbit. Why?
What is: False - Because Earth is closest in the winter.
If you see a Waxing Gibbous moon tonight, what moon phase will you see in approximately two weeks?
What is: Waning Gibbous
The shadow of the _______ falls on _________ during a lunar eclipse.
What is: Earth, Moon