Astronomy

The northern and southern hemispheres receive the same amount of energy from the sun during an

Different shapes of the moon you see from Earth are called…

The movement of an object around another object in space is called this

What is another name for the lowest high tide?

#2 represents a...

What causes day and night?

Clyde Tombau

What moon phase is represented at number 7?

Were is the Earth recieving the most direct sunlight?

The amount of matter in an object

This eclipse happens during a

What causes the changing seasons?

This term means the same as revolving

This causes day and night to occur in a 24 hour period.

This phase of the moon is between the waxing gibbous and waining gibbous

Which are circumpolar?

This type of telescope was improved by Galileo Galilea

Percival Lowell Discovered this planet.

To see a partial eclipse you must be standing in the…

A northern constellation seen all yearlong.

Invented by Isaac Newton, this telescope uses a mirror to focus light .

What phase is the moon in in the top diagram?

this happens during...

Galileo proved that not all planets revolve around the Earth when he discovered these.

This travels over 180,000 miles per second.

June 21

A telescope that bears his name sits out in space and sends images of galaxies and stars to us.

This diagram explains

Discovered that planets move in an oval shaped orbit

The imaginary line that passes through Earth’s poles.

Earth’s direction of rotation.

.The study of the moon ,stars and other objects in space

Any natural or man made objectthat revolves around an object in space

How does the angle of incidence in the northern hemisphere effect seasonal temperatures there?

When a planet spins it is…

What positions would create a neap tide?

What season is depicted below (remember, "rule of right hand thumb")?

Which motions are completed in about the same amount of time?

Also known as the “lunar seas”

This dagram shows that

What tide is created in the top diagram?

When the sun's shadow falls on the moon

This happens once every 29.5 days

Studied Mars from an observatory located in Flagstaff, Arizona that is named after him.

This spring tide happens during a full moon

Which constellation can be seen during this season that can NOT be seen in its opposite season?

When the moon's shadow falls on the Earth

What season is depicted in the Southern hemisphere?

He wrote the Almagest

When the Earth, sun and moon line up , their gravitational pull cause this

In which lattitudes is the angle of incidence greatest?

The theory portrayed in this diagram is the...

The path a planet takes as it moves around the sun.

To see a full eclipse you must bestanding in the…

Highest of the high tides

All of space and everything in it.

Which position would cause a lunar eclipse?

The sun and moon seem to move because of this.

When the sun light is blocked by the moon

This occurs when the noon sun is directly overhead at 23.5 degrees North latitude

a 3rd quarter neap tide happens at position...

Which eclipse is depicted below?

Which number represents a waxing crescent?

This date marks the beginning of fall in the northern hemisphere

The name given to an Earth-centered theory