Vocabulary
Rotation & Revolution
The Moon
Space Race
100
To shrink.
What is wane?
100
The time length of Earth's rotation.
What is one day (24 hours)?
100
These can cause craters on the moon's surface.
What is meteoroid?
100
The president that challenged the USA to land a person on the moon.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
200
To grow.
What is wax?
200
The time length of Earth's revolution.
What is one year (365 days)?
200
This occurs when the moon's shadow blocks the sun's light.
What is solar eclipse?
200
The name of the module that first landed on the moon's surface.
What is 'Eagle'?
300
A rock fragment from an asteroid or comet.
What is meteoroid?
300
This 'movement' lasts for one month.
What is the moon's rotation (revolution)?
300
The two moon phases that are linked to a spring tide.
What are new and full moon?
300
The year that man first walked on the moon's surface.
What is 1969?
400
The periodic rising and falling of the ocean's surface.
What is tide?
400
The path an object follows as it revolves around another object.
What is orbit?
400
The two moon phases linked to a neap tide.
What are first quarter and third quarter?
400
This is what NASA stands for.
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
500
The moon phase in which more than half, but not all, of the moon's sunlit side is visible.
What is gibbous?
500
These two things affect the moon's orbit around the earth.
What is gravity and inertia?
500
The moon's gravitational pull causes these to happen on earth.
What are tides?
500
The name of the first person to walk on the moon AND his famous quote.
Who is Neil Armstrong and what is, "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind."?
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