Science quiz Flashcards
Longest day in the northern hemisphere
June 21
Terminator
A line seperating the dark and lit side of the moon
Galileo
got arrested for saying the earth revolves around the sun
Waxing
The lit side of the moon is growing
Umbra
Latin for shadow
Penumbra
Latin for almost shadow
Revolution
Action of an object moving around another object
Rotation
Action of an object spinning on its own axis
Moon has how many phases
8
Lunar cycle takes
29.5 days
Half of the moon is always lit because the moon takes days to go around the Earth and days to go around its axis
27.3
One rotation is equal to one
revolution
The moon is closest to the earth which is also called a supermoon
full moon
Earth closest to sun around
Janurary 4
Earth farthest to sun around
July 4
Longest day of the year
June 21
The earth experiences seasons because
the earth’s axis is on a 25 degree tilt
The earth revolves around the sun.
how many high and low tides are there a day
2
Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the
moon and sun
The moon has a greater pull because
it is closer to the earth
Solar eclipse can only appear during a
New moon
during a lunar eclipse the earth is between the
sun and the moon
during a solar eclipse the moon is between the
sun ans the earth
do the stages of moon in
order
