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  • During the Waxing period the moon is considered to be _____________ in size.
    Growing
  • What is this moon phase?
    waxing gibbious
  • What is this moon phase?
    waxing crescent
  • The season shown in the diagram is...
    Summer
  • What moon phase is this?
    first quarter (waxing half)
  • The season shown in the diagram is...
    Winter
  • What moon phase is this?
    third quarter (waning half)
  • What moon phase is this?
    New Moon
  • What causes the Earth to have day and night cycles?
    the rotation of the earth
  • What Moon Phase is shown in the diagram?
    Full Moon
  • An object in motion will stay in motion and and object at rest will stay at rest UNLESS acted upon by at outside force.
    Newton's First Law
  • Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
    Newton's Third Law
  • What causes the tides in the oceans?
    The gravitational pull of the Moon
  • give a synonym for rotate
    spin
  • What moon phase is this?
    waning crescent
  • what is the planet we live on?
    Earth
  • F=MA
    Newton's Second Law
  • The Equinox shown in the diagram is...
    The Spring (Vernal) Equinox
  • What causes the Earth to have seasons?
    the tilt of the Earth's axis
  • Give a synonym for revolve (revolution)
    orbit (go around)
  • what is the formula for speed?
    distance divided by time
  • During the Waning period the moon is considered to be _____________ in size.
    Shrinking
  • What is this moon phase?
    waning gibbous
  • The Equinox shown in the diagram is...
    The Fall (autumnal) Equinox