Moon Phases
Tides
Eclipses
Definitions
100
What moon phase is this?
First Quarter
100
What causes tides?
The gravitational pull of the Moon
100
What causes an eclipse?
When the moon blocks the light of the sun from reaching Earth (solar eclipse) or when the moon blocks sunlight from reaching the moon (lunar eclipse)
100
What is called when an object (the Earth) spins on it's axis?
Rotation
200
What moon phase would be seen from earth from moon #5?
Full Moon
200
Why are tides more influenced by the moon than the sun?
The moon is closer to the Earth than the sun
200
What eclipse does this represent?
Solar Eclipse
200
What unit of time takes place during one moon revolution around the Earth?
29.5 days (nearly one month!)
300
What moon phase is represented?
Third Quarter
300
True or False? The Earth, Moon, and Sun are lined up in a a right angle for a neap tide to occur.
True. In comparison, the Earth, Moon, and Sun are lined up in a straight line for a spring tide to occur.
300
What eclipse does this describe?
Lunar Eclipse
300
What is it called when an object (the Earth) orbits another object (the Sun) in an elliptical motion?
Revolution
400
What moon phase is represented?
Waxing Gibbous
400
What tide is shown?
Spring Tide
400
What moon phase is seen during a solar eclipse?
new moon
400
In what direction does the moon revolve around the Earth from Australia?
clockwise, or to the right
500
What Moon phase would be see from Earth from Moon #2?
Waxing Crescent
500
During what type of tide is the high tide the highest and the low tide the lowest?
Spring Tide
500
What moon phase is seen during a lunar eclipse?
Full moon
500
The type of tide when the sun and moon are acting on the earth in opposing direction and a first or third quarter is visible on the moon.
Neap Tide