Lunar Phases, Seasons & Atmosphere

The phase of the moon when it is completely illuminated is called the ______ moon.

A ______ moon occurs when the moon is between the Earth and the Sun.

The first quarter moon and the ______ quarter moon phase is when the moon appears to be half illuminated.

The Earth's seasons are caused by the tilt of its ______ as it orbits the Sun.

When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, it experiences ______.

The Southern Hemisphere experiences summer when the Northern Hemisphere experiences ______.

The more atmosphere the sunlight travels through, the ______ color there is in the sky.

In our experiment, the flashlight represented the Sun because ______.

In space, the sunlight is a ______ color, and on Earth, the sunlight is a ______ color.

The phase that comes after the first quarter moon is the ______ moon.

It takes approximately ______ days for the moon to complete one full cycle of phases.

During the ______ solstice, the Northern Hemisphere experiences the longest day of the year.

During the ______, days and nights are approximately equal in length all over the world.

The region near the equator typically experiences a ______ climate because it receives more direct sunlight throughout the year.

The amount of daylight hours ______ as you move away from the equator towards the poles.

The color of the sky appears blue due to the scattering of sunlight by ______ in the atmosphere.

The intensity of sunlight reaching the Earth's surface is affected by atmospheric ______ and the angle of incidence.

The ______ hemisphere experiences winter when tilted away from the sun.

The Earth's orbital path around the Sun is ______, not a perfect circle.

Seasons are caused by variations in Earth's ______ received at a location during the year.