Moon
The moon is...
What is Earth's natural satellite?
Tides are...
What is regular changes in the elevation of the ocean's surface?
!BONUS! The tilt of the earth's ___ contributes to the different seasons
What is axis?
The reason for eclipses
What is shadows?
Moon phase where you cannot see the moon
What is New Moon?
The smooth, dark patches on the moon
What is maria?
Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the ___ and ____.
What is moon and sun?
The amount of day and night are equal.
What is equinox?
There are at least __ eclipses each year
What is 4?
The illuminated part of the moon we can see is increasing
What is waxing?
__ of the moon is always illuminated
What is 1/2?
!BONUS! How many tide hours are in between each tide change?
What is 6 hours?
True or False: The perihelion(closest to sun) is during July.
What is false? The aphelion(farthest from sun) is during July, the perihelion is during January.
The shadow cast by the earth or moon over an area experiencing a partial eclipse
What is penumbra?
What are moon phases?
What is a change in the amount of the moon that appears lit?
The point at which the moon is the farthest from Earth
What is apogee?
True or False: Ponds get tides.
What is false?
Names of the seasonal solstices and equinoxes
What is summer solstice, winter solstice, autumnal equinox, and vernal equinox?
Eclipses happen because of the moon's ____ path around Earth
What is elliptical?
!BONUS! The tides are the weakest/lowest during these moon phases.
What is first and third quarter moon?
Only __ people have walked on the moon
What is 12?
!BONUS! When are the tides the strongest?
What is when the moon and the sun's gravitational pull are added together because they're aligned
True or False: The earth is closest to the sun during summer and farthest away from the sun during winter.
What is false? The earth is farthest away in July and closest in January.
The moon turns this color during a total lunar eclipse.
What is copper?
The tides are the strongest/highest during these moon phases
What is New and Full moon?