Science Vocab

2. ¾ of the visible moon is lit up
4. a moon that appears to get larger each night
5. The tides are more extreme because the moon is parallel to the sun.
6. When the earth revolves around the sun, the tilt in the axis causes the northern hemisphere to be closer to the sun at some points, which is summer, and the other seasons as well, and opposite is the southern hemisphere.
7. ¼ of the visible moon is lit up
8. An object’s orbital motion around another object
11. A representation of the moon's journey around Earth.
13. An object spinning on its own axis
15. An invisible line on which an object rotates.
17. When water advances to its furthest extent on the shoreline because of the moon’s gravitational pull

1. Waves that move through the ocean in response to the forces exerted by the moon and the sun.
2. The force that a planet or other body pulls other objects in its orbit.
3. Half of a sphere or ball, such as a planet
9. A period of moderate tides when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other
10. The portion of the moon that we can see from Earth on any given night.
12. When the water recedes to its furthest extent because of the moon’s gravitational pull
14. A moon that is appearing to get smaller each night
16. A diagonal axis