| A | B |
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| Can a total eclipse be seen by people around earth within the moon's umbra? | yes |
| Is the daylight shorter on the hemisphere that is tilted toward the sun during the solstice? | no |
| What causes night and day? | rotation |
| How long does it take the earth to rotate on its axis? | 24 hours |
| When does the summer solstice occur in the northern hemisphere? | June 21/22 |
| When does the summer solstice occur in the southern hemisphere? | Dec 21/22 |
| When does a lunar eclipse occur? | Blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and moon |
| When using a compas needle and it is pointing north, where would it be pointing to? | The magnetic north pole of earth |
| What phase of the moon precedes the full moon? | waning gibbeous |
| 27.3 day | moon to revolve around the earth |
| What is a "maria"? | Dark, flat areas on the moon's surface formed from huge ancient lava flows |
| What is a solar eclipse? | Moon goes directly in front of the sun; moon blocks the light of the sun from Earth |
| If there is a maria on the moon what does that mean? | That a volcano erupted |
| What is it called when the earth orbits the sun? | .revolution |
| In what position is the earth from the sun in order for it to be summer? | . |
| When does the sun's rays strike the Earth at the northermost and southernmost positions | during the solstice |
| sphere | . |
| axis | Imaginary vertical line that passes through the North and South poles |
| equinox | Two days during the year in which neither hemisphere of the Earth is tilted toward or away from the sun. |
| revolution | Movement of an object around another object. |
| waxing | ______ moon appears to be getting bigger |
| rotation | The spinning motion of a planet on its axis; Night and day on Earth are caused by Earth's. |
| new Moon | The new moon is the phase of the moon when the moon is not visible from Earth, because the side of the moon that is facing us is not being lit by the sun. |
| eclipse | partial or total blocking of one object in space by another |
| winter solstice | . |
| Moon phases | . |
| maria | dark, flat regions of the moon |
| solstice | Two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator. Area of sunlight is at its maximum in one hemisphere and at its minimum in the other |
| waning | _____ moon appears to be getting smaller |
| penumbra | part of a shadow surrounding the darkest part |
| umbra | darkest part of a shadow |
| ellipse | An elongated, closed curve |
| How long does Earth's rotation take? | 24 hours |
