Earth, Moon, and Sun review

When the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days.

• umbra
• solstice
• penumbra
• orbit

The time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length (about September 22 and March 20).

• solstice
• equinox
• umbra
• rotation

The moon at any time after full moon and before new moon (so called because its illuminated area is decreasing).

• waxing phases
• waning phases

The moon at any time after new moon and before full moon, so called because its illuminated area is increasing.

• waning phases
• waxing phases

What causes a solar eclipse?

• The moon blocks sunlight from reaching the Earth
• The sun blocks moon beams from reaching the Earth
• One side of Earth blocks other side from sunlight
• Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon

The phase of the moon you see depends on what?

• where you are on Earths surface
• how much of the sunlit side of the moon face the Earth
• how much of the moons surface is lit by the sun
• whether or not an eclipse is occuring

When the moon is half lit, the phase of the moon is called what?

• last quarter
• first quarter
• full/new moon
• first/last quarter

What pulls the moon and Earth towards each other?

• sound
• sunlight
• phases
• gravity

What phase of the moon occurs right before full moon?

• waxing crescent
• waxing gibbous 
• waning gibbous
• waning crescent

What is this image an example of?

• lunar eclipse
• waning crescent
• solar eclipse
• waxing crescent