SPACE Of Earth Flashcards
Revoulution
A movement around an orbit
Orbit
The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft about a star or planet, for example the path of the Earth around the sun or the moon around the Earth
Rotation
The movement of something turning on its own axis
Full moon
The moon is fully visible
New moon
The moon is completely invisible
Waxing
The full moon is coming
Waning
The new moon is coming
Quater
Half of the moon is seen
Cresent moon
A tiny bit of the moon is seen
Gibbus moon
Most of the moon is seen
Lunar eclipse
The moon is shadowed by the earth
Solar eclipse
The moon moves in between the earth and the sun
Phase
Different ways the moon is seen
Spring tide
The sun and moon are alined pulling the earth water
Neap tides
The moon and sunn are making the tides low since they arnt alined
Perumbra
The areas where the suns light shines
Umbra
The shadowed area by the world
Total lunar eclipse
The whole moon is shadowed
Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the moon is covered
