Earth's Motion
This is the imaginary line that runs vertically through the Earth.
What is the axis?
These are considered the longest or shortest days of the year.
What is a solstice?
This moon phase occurs next after a new moon.
What is a waxing cresent?
This word means shadow or shade.
What is umbra?
This type of tide occurs when the Sun, Moon, and Earth form a right angle together.
What is a neap tide?
This word is synonymous with revolve.
What is orbit?
These occur twice a year in spring and fall when there is an equal amount of day and night everywhere on the globe.
What is an equinox?
If the light is on the left side of the moon then this is occurring.
What is waning?
This type of eclipse requires an SME arrangement.
What is a solar eclipse?
This type of tide has really high high tides and really low low tides.
What is a spring tide?
This celestial body is the center of our galaxy.
What is the sun?
This is responsible for the seasons on Earth.
What is the tilted axis?
When the moon is about half light and half dark this phase is occuring.
What is a first or third quarter moon?
This type of eclipse occurs when the Earth blocks the light from the sun.
What is a lunar eclipse?
These celestial bodies are responsible for the Earth's tides due to their gravitational pull.
What are the moon and sun?
The Earth's orbit is tilted at this angle.
What is 23.5 degrees?
This location experiences direct sunlight year round.
What is the equator?
If the moon is between the sun and the Earth what moon phase is occurring?
What is a new moon?
The moon's orbit is tilted at this angle.
What is 5 degrees?
This type of tide occurs when the moon is in its first or third quarter phase.
What is a neap tide?
This is the direction that the Earth orbits the sun and the moon orbits the Earth.
What is counterclockwise?
These locations experience either a lot of daylight or a lot of nighttime due to their location on Earth.
What are the poles?
This is about how long it takes for the moon to orbit the Earth completely.
What is a month?
If you are in the path of totality during a solar eclipse then you are standing in here.
What is the moon's umbra?
When Earth's oceans bulge outward it creates this kind of tide.
What is a high tide?