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Sun, Earth, Moon2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rotation | The action of spinning around an axis. |
| Revolution | An object moving around another object in a circular motion. |
| Seasons | Each of the four divisions of the year(summer, winter, spring, and fall) that have changes in weather patterns. |
| Axial Tilt | The angle between its equatorial plane and orbital plane. |
| Lunar Eclipse | The moon passes into the earth's shadow and it darkens. |
| Solar Eclipse | When the sun is obscured by the moon. |
| Neap Tide | A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon. |
| Spring Tide | A tide just after a new or full moon. |
| New Moon | When the side of the moon facing the earth is covered with complete sunlight. |
| Full Moon | The phase of the moon in which the whole side is illuminated. |
| First Quarter | The fist fourth of the Moon's period of revolution around the Earth. |
| Third Quarter | The moon is opposite the Sun, sitting at 180 degrees. |
| Waxing | When the sunlight increases in size on the moon. (White on right, we're _____ tonight) |
| Waxing Crescent | When there is just a sliver of light shining on the right side of the moon. |
| Waxing Gibbous | When the Sun is covered by sunlight more than half way but less than full coming from the right hand side. |
| Waning Crescent | When there is just a sliver of light shining on the left side of the moon. |
| Waning Gibbous | When the Sun is covered by sunlight more than half way but less than full and is coming from the left side. |
| wave | A long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore. |
| Tide | The rising and falling of the sea. |
| Umbra | The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object. |
| penumbra | The partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object. |
| Total eclipse | In which the whole side of the sun or moon is obscured. |
| Partial Eclipse | In which the eclipsed body is only partially obscured. |
| Polaris | A fairly bright star located within one degree of the north celestial pole. |
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