Question | Answer |
Rotation | Spinning on its axis. |
Revolution | Movement of the earth around the sun. |
Axis | Imaginary line traveling through the north and South Pole. |
Equator | Imaginary line dividing northern and Southern Hemisphere. |
Tilt | The position of the Earth. |
Hemisphere | Half of a sphere. |
Seasons | Caused by the Earths tilt, and changed by what hemisphere faces the sun. |
Lunar Eclipse | When the Earth is in front of the moon and covers the sun |
Solar Eclipse | When the moon is infront of the Earth and covers the sun. |
New Moon | known as no moon, When Earth cant see any of the moon. |
Full moon | When the Whole Moon is filled. |
First Quarter | When only half of the moon is filled. On the right side. |
Third Quarter | When only half the moon is filled on the left side. |
Waxing | When the moon is filling up. |
Waning | When the moon is getting smaller and we see less. |
Waxing crescent | When only a small portion is visible on the right side. |
Waxing Gibbous | When the moon is more than half full mostly on the right side. |
Waning crescent | When only a small portion is visible on the left side. |
Waning Gibbous | When the moon is more than half full mostly on the left side. |
Wave | A curved line of sudden energy. |
Umbra | The shadow of the light from the sun. |
Preumbra | The light that surrounds the Earth or Moon from the sun. |
Polaris | The North star that our Earth's axis always points towards. |