Unit 5 8th Grade

3. The tilt of the Earth on its axis plays a role in Earths changing ________.
6. A 3/4 Moon is also known as a _________.
7. ________ tides have the smallest daily tidal range.
9. ________ range is the difference between the levels of ocean water at high and low tide.
10. When the moon is showing at 1/4 (looks like a fingernail) it is called a ________.
13. During a _______ Moon, the Earth, Moon, and sun are aligned in a 90 degree angle.
15. A force that pulls other objects with a mass towards themselves.
17. During a _______ Eclipse, the when the moon moves through Earth's shadow.
20. How long it takes the earth to complete one revolution around the sun.
21. An event during which one object in space casts a shadow onto another object.
22. During a ______ Moon, the Moon is directly between the sun and the Earth.
24. The Gravitational pull of the _______ causes the tides on Earth.

1. The spinning of a body, such as a planet, on its axis.
2. During a _______ eclipse, the moon passes between the sun and Earth so that the sun is totally or partially obscured.
3. When the area of sunlight is at a maximum in one hemisphere and minimum in the other.
4. _________ tides have the largest daily tidal range.
5. The darkest part of the shadow that is cast by an object during an eclipse.
8. Spreading cone of lighter shadow that is cast on an object during an eclipse.
11. The motion of a body that travels around another body in space.
12. A body that orbits a larger body.
14. Daily changes in the level of ocean water.
16. The time it takes the earth to complete on rotation on its axis.
18. Time on earth that is characterized by a pattern of temperature and weather trends.
19. During a ______ Moon, the Earth is directly between the Moon and the sun.
23. When the sunlight shines equally on the Northern and Southern hemispheres.