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| A ROUND THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECT |
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| THE IMAGINARY LINE AROUND WHICH THE EARTH SPINS |
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| SPINNING OF EARTH ON ITS IMAGINARYN LINE , WHICH TAKES ABOUT 24 HOURS TO COMPLETE AND CAUSES DAY AND NIGHT TO OCCUR |
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| EARTH'S YEARLONG ELIPTICAL ORBIT AROUND THE SUN. |
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| ELONGATED, CLOSED CURVE THAT DESCRIBES EARTHS YEARLONG ORBIT AROUND THE SUN |
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| THE DAY WHEN THE SUN REACHES ITS GREATEST DISTANCE NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR. |
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| OCCURS WHEN THE SUN IS DIRECTLY ABOVE EARTH'S EQUATOR |
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| THE DIFFERENCE FORMS THAT THE MOON TAKES IN ITS APPEARANCE FROM EARTH |
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| OCCURS WHEN THE MOON IS BETWEEN EARTH AND THE SUN AND THE MOON CAN NOT BE SEEN |
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| OCCURS WHEN ALL OF THE MOONS SURFACE FACING EARTH REFLECTS LIGHT |
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| MORE OF THE ILLUMINATED HALF OF THE MOON CAN BE SEEN |
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| DESCRIBES PHASES THAT OCCUR AFTER A FULL MOON, AS THE VISIBLE LIGHTED SIDE OF THE MOON GROWS SMALLER. YOU SEE LESS OF THE MOON'S ILLUMINATED SIDE |
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| ALL OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE FACES EARTH AND CAN BE SEEN |
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| OCCURS WHEN THE MOON MOVES DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE EARTH AND CASTS ITS SHADOW OVER PART OF THE EARTH |
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| DARK COLORED FLAT REGIONS OF THE MOON |
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| MORE THAN ONE QUARTER IS VISIBLE |
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| HALF THE LIGHTED SIDE OF THE MOON IS VISIBLE |
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| DARKEST PART OF THE SHADOW WHEN A TOTAL ECLIPSE OCCURS |
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