Moon Phases
How much of the moon’s bright side can you see during a new moon?
What is 0%?
When does a solar eclipse take place?
What is when Earth moves into the moon’s shadow?
Which two letters represent winter in the diagram in the powerpoint?
What are A and C?
How long does it take for the Earth to rotate (spin) on its axis one time?
What is 24 hours?
In order for it to be considered a partial eclipse, which part of the shadow must the object be in?
What is the penumbra?
Each night the moon phase changes. What causes the moon phase to change each night?
What is the relative positions of the Sun, Earth, & Moon?
What event does the diagram in the powerpoint show?
What is a solar eclipse?
The seasons are caused by…
What is the changes in the distribution of light and the tilt of the Earth?
How long does it take for the Earth to revolve around the Sun one time?
What is 365 and 1/4 days?
What is the name for “A” shown in the diagram on the powerpoint?
What is the umbra?
Which position of the moon could result in a solar eclipse? (see picture)
What is position 2?
When the Sun, the Moon, and Earth are in the positions on the powerpoint, what is occurring?
What is a lunar eclipse?
Day and night are caused by Earth’s…
What is Earth's Tilt?
If it is July, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
What is winter?
How long does it take the moon to go through all 8 phases (full moon to full moon)?
What is 29.5 days?
Which of the moons in the figure are in a gibbous phase?
What are positions 4 & 6?
What is the moon’s phase during a Lunar Eclipse?
What is the full moon?
At position A in the diagram in the powerpoint, the season in the northern hemisphere is _____________.
What is Summer?
On which day does the Northern Hemisphere receive the most sunlight (have the longest daylight)?
What is June 21 or 22? (Summer Solstice)
The earth spins around an imaginary pole called its ______.
What is Earth's axis?
What does “waxing” mean?
What is growing?
If you were outside during a total solar eclipse, what would it look like?
What is like day had suddenly become night?
Which of the following terms would you use to describe the spinning of the Earth on its axis?
What is rotation?
On the first day of which season or seasons in the Northern Hemisphere is Earth neither tilted toward or away from the sun?
What is spring and fall?
What is the angle of the tilt of the Earth?
What is 23.5 degrees?