Vocabulary 1
Moon Phases
Tides
Eclipses
True or false
100
The time it takes earth to. Complete a full rotation around the sun in 365 days
Year
100
What is the first phase of the moon?
New Moon
100
The difference in the gravitational force is called...
Tidal force
100
When the moon passes between the sun and the earth this eclipse is called....
Solar eclipse
100
Spring tides happen during the new moon and full moon phases or every 15 days
False 14 days
200
The spinning of a body, such as a planet, on its axis.
Rotation
200
When the left side of the moon is shaded and the right side is lit up this phase is called....
First Quarter
200
A water level that is higher than the average sea level
High tide
200
When the moon through earths shadow.
Lunar eclpise
200
It takes about 11 hours and 20 minutes to go from 1 high tide to the next high tide.
False 12 hours and 25 minutes
300
The sunlight shines equally on the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Equinox
300
When the left side of the moon is more than half lit but not fully lit this is called....
Waning Gibbous
300
The difference between the levels of ocean water at high tides and low tides.
Tidal range
300
The darkest part of a shadow is called...
Umbra
300
It takes about 5 hours and 13.7 minutes for water in an area to go from high tide to low tide.
False 6 hours and 12.5 minutes
400
The characterized by a pattern of temperatures and other weather trends.
Season
400
The moons phases have a period of ---- days
29.5 days
400
The largest daily tidal range is called...
Spring tides
400
After an hour or more the ---- moves back into the sunlight that is streaming past ----
Moon earth
400
The distance between earth and the moon is roughly 385,000 km.
False 383,000 km
500
The time it takes a planet to complete one full rotation on its axis.
Day
500
What shape does the moon appear to be when it is closer to the sun than earth is?
Crescent shaped
500
As the moon moves around earth and earth rotates, the ---- moves around earth.
Tidal bulges
500
The ---- falls on the area that immediately surrounds the umbra
Penumbra
500
A place on earth that is facing the moon takes 23 hours and 51 minutes to rotate to face the moon again.
False 24 hours 50 minutes
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