Tides
The point at which ocean water reaches its highest level on shore
What is high tide?
The lighter part of a shadow where light is partially blocked
What is penumbra?
Phases of the moon during which the light on the moons surface is shrinking
What are waning phases?
The reason for the seasons
This is the force that holds the universe together.
What is gravity?
Tides are the rise and fall of Earth's oceans due to this effect from the sun and moon
what is gravitational force/gravitational pull?
A solar eclipse occurs during this lunar phase
What is new moon?
what is crescent moon?
It is summer in the southern hemisphere so the northern hemisphere will experience this season
What is winter?
The number of planets AND dwarf planets in our solar system
When the moon is directly over a coastline, this will occur on the side of Earth closest to the moon and the opposite side of Earth.
What is tidal bulge?
This is the area that you must be standing in to observe a total solar eclipse?
This is the moon phase that is HALF WAY through the lunar cycle
What is full moon?
The phenomenon when Earth experiences equal daylight and nighttime hours
What is equinox?
List the planets by name and in order from the sun that are referred to as the terrestrial planets
what is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars?
The difference between the highest high tide and lowest low tide in an area
What is tidal range?
This is the only thing visible during a total solar eclipse
What is corona?
Moon phase in which the LEFT HALF of the moon's visible surface is illuminated
This season experiences a higher angle of the sun in the sky which leads to longer days and warmer temperatures
What is summer?
This is found at the center of a galaxy
What is a black hole?
This occurs when the sun, Earth, and moon form a right angle. This causes their gravitational pull to cancel out partially and results in higher low tides and lower high tides
What is neap tide?
This is the reason we do not experience a total lunar eclipse every full moon.
List the moon phases in order starting with new moon.
what is new moon, waxing crescent, 1st quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter, waning crescent?
The point in orbit when a planet is closest to the sun (the northern hemisphere experiences winter when this occurs)
what is perihelion?
This type of galaxy has a central disk with arms extending from the disk and has active formation of new stars.
What is an elliptical galaxy?