Science Space Test

Day

I meant takes for the Earth to rotate once on its axis

Year

Time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit of the sun

Equator

The line halfway between the poles

Axis

The line between the poles that the Earth or any other body rotates around

Tropics

The part of the planet with the length of the day does not change enough greatly influence the temperature

Latitude

Imaginary circles drawn around the poles are lines of…

Twilight

The time when the sun is below the horizon but there is some light from sunlight shining on the atmosphere above

Solstice

The longest and shortest ends of the year

Ecliptic

The flat plane where all the major planets orbit the sun

Spring

The equinox when the days are getting longer

Poles

The place where the axis reaches the surface

September

The month of the spring equinox in New Zealand

Equinox

The day of the year when day and night are the same length

Month

Approximate time it takes the moon to orbit around earth once

Revolution/revolve

When something travels around something else

Waxing

When the moon is getting bigger

Wanning

When the moon is getting smaller

Moon order

New moon

Waxing Crescent

First quarter

Waxing gibbous

Full

Waning gibbous

Third quarter

Waning Crescent