Earth, Sun, Moon
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| axis | the imaginary line that passes through Earth’s center and the North and South poles
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| craters | large round pits on the moon’s surface
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| eclipse | the partial or total blocking of one object in space by another
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| equinox | twice a year when day and night are each about 12 hours long everywhere on Earth
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| lunar eclipse | occurs at a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun
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| maria | dark, flat areas on the moon’s surface formed from huge ancient lava flows
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| meteoroid | a chunk of rock or dust in space
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| moon phases | the different shapes of the moon you see from Earth
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| neap tide | a tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides
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| Newton’s law of universal gravitation | states that every object in the universe attracts every other object
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| orbit | Earth’s path as it revolves around the sun
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| penumbra | the part of a shadow surrounding the darkest part
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| revolution | the movement of one object around another
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| rotation | the spinning of Earth on its axis
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| solar eclipse | occurs when the moon passes directly between Earth and sun, blocking sunlight from Earth
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| solstice | when the sun is farthest north or south of the equator
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| spring tide | a tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides
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| tide | the rise and fall of ocean water that occurs every 12.5 hours or so
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| umbra | the darkest part of a shadow
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| waning | to shrink
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| waxing | to grow
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