Seasons and Moon phases

Question 1

Why do seasons occur?

Answer 1

Tilt and Orbit

Question 2

What’s the degree of the tilt?

Answer 2

23.5

Question 3

Does winter or summer have more hours of sunlight?

Answer 3

Summer

Question 4

On a diagram, how do you tell if it’s summer or winter in the northern/southern hemisphere?

Answer 4

Look at the axis that points toward the sun, and that would be the hemisphere that’s summer.

Question 5

On a diagram, summer and winter are always shown?

Answer 5

Left or right

Question 6

On a diagram, spring and fall are always shown?

Answer 6

Up and down

Question 7

Moon phases in order

Answer 7

New Moon, waxing crescent, First quarter, waxing Gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, Waning crescent

Question 8

Waning meaning?

Answer 8

Getting smaller

Question 9

Waxing meaning?

Answer 9

Getting bigger

Question 10

Moon phases in order?

Answer 10

New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter,, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent

Question 11

Approximately how many moon cycles in a year?

Answer 11

12

Question 12

How long does the moon cycle take?

Answer 12

Around 29 days

Question 13

What comes after the waxing gibbous?

Answer 13

Full moon

Question 14

What comes after waning gibbous?

Answer 14

third quarter