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Question 1

What happens during a lunar eclipse

Answer 1

A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly behind the earth into its umbra. This can only occur when the sun earth and moon are aligned exactly or very closely so, with the earth in the middle. Hence the lunar eclipse can only happen the night of a full moon.

Question 2

What phase of the moon does the lunar eclipse occur

Answer 2

Full moon phase

Question 3

What shadow causes a lunar Eclipse

Answer 3

Umbra

Question 4

What happens during a solar eclipse

Answer 4

The moons shadow moves upon the sun and causes it to get dark outside

Question 5

What phase of the moon does a solar eclipse occur on

Answer 5

New moon phase

Question 6

What shadow causes a solar eclipse

Answer 6

Umbra

Question 7

Umbra

Answer 7

The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object

Question 8

Penumbra

Answer 8

The partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast of an object

Question 9

What shape are the orbit of planets

Answer 9

Elliptical

Question 10

What is the most common theory of how the solar system formed

Answer 10

Big Bang theory

Question 11

Revolution

Answer 11

The movement of one object in orbit around another object

Question 12

What type of galaxy Is our galaxy

Answer 12

Milky Way/ Spiral

Question 13

Gravitational pull of galaxies

Answer 13

Gravitational attraction of all objects in a galaxy

Question 14

Order of planets

Answer 14

Sun, mercury, Venus,moon,earth,mars,Jupiter,Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

Question 15

Position of the moon for each phase

Answer 15

New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent

Question 16

Waxing and Waning

Answer 16

Waxing is when the right side it lit up and waning is when the left side is lit up

Question 17

Moons rotation

Answer 17

The moon orbits the earth every 27.322 days

Question 18

Moon revolution

Answer 18

This takes about 27.32 days

Question 19

Why do we see the same surface of the moon

Answer 19

Only one side of the moon is visible from earth because the moon rotates on its axis the same rate the moon orbits the earth

Question 20

Direct and indirect sunlight seasons

Answer 20

Earth is closet to the sun in January (Winter) Earth is farthest from the sun in July in (Summer) Direct sunlight is received in summer. Indirect sunlight is in winter

Question 21

Length of rotation

Answer 21

Earth rotates every 24 hours with respect to the sun

Question 22

Length of revolution

Answer 22

365 earth days

Question 23

Cause of seasons

Answer 23

Seasons are caused by the tilt of earths axis. The earth has a tilt of 23.5 degrees

Question 24

Solstices

Answer 24

When the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky

Question 25

Equinox

Answer 25

When the sun crosses the celestial equator

Question 26

Seasons in hemisphere

Answer 26

The season in the Northern Hemisphere if the opposite of the Southern Hemisphere so in Australia it is winter in July

Question 27

Rotation

Answer 27

Spin on its axis

Question 28

Why do we not have an eclipse every time there is a new moon or full moon

Answer 28

The moons orbit it tilted 5 degrees