Question | Answer |
Rotation | Spinning of the earth on its axis |
Revolution | Movement of the earth around the sun |
Axis | Imaginary line that goes through the north and the South Pole |
Equator | Imaginary line that seperates the northern and southern hemispheres |
Axial Tilt | The tilt of the earth on its axis |
Hemisphere | A half of the earth, divided by the equator |
Seasons | four divisions of the year. spring summer winter and fall. each have different weather patterns |
Lunar eclipse | when the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earths shadow |
Solar Eclipse | when the sun is obscured by the moon |
Neap Tide | a less than average tide, happens when the moon is in its first and last quarters |
Spring Tide | a tide during a full or new moon |
New Moon | the phase of the moon when it is closest to the sun and you cannot see it from earth |
Full Moon | the phase of the moon where you can see the entire half of the moon from earth |
First Quarter | Phase of the moon 7 days after new moon where you can see the right half of the moon |
Third/Last Quarter | phase of the moon where you can see the left half of the moon |
Waxing | when the part of the moon that you can see is getting bigger |
Waning | when the part of the moon that you can see is getting smaller |
Waxing Crescent | phase of the moon that happens 3 and a half days after new moon where you can only see a sliver on the right side |
Waxing Gibbous | the phase of the moon where you can see all but one sliver of the left side |
Waning Crescent | the phase of the moon that happens 3 and a half days before a new moon where you can only see a small sliver of the left side of the moon |
Waning Gibbous | the phase of the moon where you can see all but a small sliver on the right |
Wave | a long body of water that breaks on the shore |
Tide | rising and falling of the oceans, caused by the moonLU |
Umbra | The fully shaded part of the shadow of the earth or moon |
Penumbra | the partially shaded outer part of a shadow casted by the earth or moon |
Total Eclipse | An eclipse where all of the moon or sun cannot be seen |
Partial Eclipse | An eclipse where only part of the sun or moon cannot be seen |
Polaris | a bright star which earths axis is always pointing to |