Space Science Vocab

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Four natural divisions of the year based on temperature changes from sunlight variations due to Earth's axial tilt.

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Seasons

Front

Earth's rotation is:

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The spinning of the earth on its axis.

Front

Days and nights in the northern hemisphere with direct sunlight:

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Longer days and shorter nights.

Front

Moon phase in a week?

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New Moon

Front

The axis is

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The imaginary line through Earth that extends from the north to south pole.

Front

Lunar phases are the shape of the illuminated portion of the Moon as seen from Earth.

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True

Front

Obscuring light from a celestial body by an object passing between it and the observer.

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Eclipse

Front

Cause of the seasons?

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The tilt of Earth as it revolves around the Sun.

Front

Solar eclipse occurs when the Sun is between Earth and the Moon.

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Front

Earth's rotation is

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The spinning of the earth on its axis.