Sun-Moon-Earth System Full

The ________________ is the central, darker part of a shadow where light is totally blocked.

The ____________________ is the lighter part of a shadow where light is partially blocked.

The line on which an object rotates is the _________________ ______________.

Phases of the Moon during which more or the Moon's near side is lit each night are called _____________ ___________.

The path an object follows as it moves around another object is an ______________.

A spinning motion is called a ___________________.

A ___________________ is a day when Earth's rotation axis is the most toward or away from the Sun.

When the Moon's shadow appears on Earth's surface, a ____________ ______________ is occurring.

The motion of one object around another is called ____________________.

Phases of the Moon during which less of the Moon's near side is lit each night are called _____________ _________.

A ____________________ is a day when Earth's rotation axis is leaning along Earth's orbit, neither toward or away from the Sun.