Hosted by Mr Mariano Earths Motions Earths Seasons
Hosted by Mr. Mariano
Earth’s Motions Earth’s Seasons Moon Motion & Characteristics Eclipses 100 100 200 200 300 300 400 400 500 500
What is rotation? The turning or spinning motion of an object on an axis. Row 1, Col 1
What is the first day of Spring? March 20 th/21 st 1, 2
What are craters? Most dominate land feature on the moon. 1, 3
What is it’s umbra? The complete inner shadow of an object. 1, 4
What is an axis? The imaginary line around which an object spins 2, 1
What is the first day of winter? December 21 st/22 nd 2, 2
What is 29 ½ days? Time it takes the moon to revolve around the Earth. 2, 3
What is a Lunar? This type of eclipse is seen most often. 2, 4
What is 24 hours? The amount of time it takes Earth to rotate once 3, 1
What is Spring and Fall? Hours of day light and darkness are equal in these seasons. 3, 2
What are Maria? Low areas of dark soil caused by volcanic eruptions. Latin for seas or oceans. 3, 3
What is the Corona of the Sun? Solar eclipses are dangerous to look at because this becomes visible during it. . 3, 4
What is an orbital plane? The slice of space where an object orbits. 4, 1
What is Autumn? AKA for fall. 4, 2
What are rays? Cracks on the surface extending out from craters. 4, 3
What is 2 hours? How long a lunar eclipse will last on average. 4, 4
What is Earth’s axis? 23 ½ degrees past perpendicular to Earth’s orbital plane. 5, 1
What is Land of the Mid-Day Moon? Continual Artic Circle Darkness 5, 2
What is it’s rotation = it’s revolution? The strange thing about the moon’s motions. 5, 3
What is new moon phase? Moon phase when we will have a solar eclipse. 5, 4
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