What's the Word
What's the definition?
Name the moon phase
Eclipses
General Knowledge
100
to spin on an axis
What is rotate?
100
rotate
What is to spin on an axis?
100
The name of the moon phase when the side facing us in not getting any sunlight so the moon appears totally dark to us (as if there's no moon)
What is a new moon?
100
An eclipse that blocks the moon from getting light from the sun is called a ________________________.
What is a lunar eclipse?
100
This force causes ocean tides.
What is the gravitational pull of the moon?
200
to move around another object
What is revolve?
200
revolve
What is to move around another object?
200
This moon phases comes just after a new moon
What is a waxing crescent?
200
An eclipse where the moon blocks the sunlight from reaching the earth is called a _____________________.
What is a solar eclipse.
200
This is the amount of time it takes Earth to make one complete rotation.
What is 24 hours?
300
the path the earth takes around the sun is known as its ______________.
What is orbit?
300
orbit
What is the path earth takes around the sun (and the moon around the earth)?
300
This moon phase appears as a half moon to us here on earth, even though it is not called this.
What is a first or third quarter moon?
300
This is the reason that total eclipses are not seen every time there's a full and new moon.
What is the moon's orbit is tilted and is not the same as earth's orbit?
300
These are the 2 reasons we have seasons.
What are the earth's tilt on its axis and its revolution around the sun.
400
the line passing through the earth and its poles on which the earth rotates (spins)
What is axis?
400
axis
What is the line through the earth and its poles on which the earth rotates?
400
During which moon phases will an eclipse occur?
What are the new moon and full moon phases?
400
What type of eclipse can sometimes be seen during a full moon?
What is a lunar eclipse?
400
This is the amount of time it takes the moon to make one complete cycle through its phases.
What is 29 1/2 days?
500
This is the inner, smallest shadow during an eclipse from which a total eclipse can be seen.
What is the umbra?
500
Summer and winter solstices
What are the longest and shortest days of the year?
500
Name all of the phases of the moon in order starting with new moon.
What is new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter, waning crescent?
500
This is the only place from which a total solar eclipse can be seen.
What is the umbra?
500
Name and define the 2 types of tides.
What is a spring tide, when the moon's pull is strong and the tide is high and what is a neap tide when the moon's pull is weak and the tide is low.
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