Earth Space Flashcards
To spin on an axis The earth rotates counterclockwise
Earth’s rotation
To go around or orbit the sun
(Earth’s) revolution
The path an object takes around another
Orbit
Half of the Earth
(Earth’s) Hemisphere
Regular changes in temperature that repeat every year.]
Seasons
When the moon moves into the Earth and the Sun
Solar Eclipse
What moon looks like from Earth
Moon Phases
When the lit portion of the moon is in the left and the light is showing less
Waning Moon
One of the phases of the moon where the lit portion is on the right and growing
Waxing Moon
When the moon moves into the Earth’s shadow
Lunar Eclipse
Earth’s tilt and its orbit
What causes the seasons
Why do the northern and southern hemispheres have different seasons
Earth’s tilt. When the tilt is towards the sun in the northern hemisphere it is summer and vice versa
Changing the angle of sunlight
Amount of energy Earth’s surface gets
Why do we see different phases of the moon
The moon orbits Earth, the sun illuminates different parts of the moon
