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Seasons
Term | Definition |
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Seasons | one of the four periods of a year spring, summer, autumn, and winter |
Rotation | the act of circling around the an axis center |
Revolution | the movement of one object around another object |
Ellipse | a closed plane curved generated by a plant |
Solstice | when the sun reaches the highest (summer)or lowest (winter) point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days |
Equniox | the time or day (twice a year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator , when day and night are equal length (about Sep. 22 and March 20) |
Waxing | the moon at any time after a new moon and before a full moon |
Waning | the moon at any time after full moon and before new moon |
Gibbous | a moon in between a half moon but less than a full moon |
Cresent | a moon that is a thin curved shape |
Solar Eclipse | an eclipse in which the sun is blocked by the moon |
Lunar Eclipse | an eclipse in which the moon appears in which the moon darkened as it passes into the earth shadow. |