Moon Phases (draw it)
Eclipses
Seasons
Tides
Misc. Astronomy
100
The entire moon is dark
What is a new moon?
100
The moon is completely within Earth's shadow
What is lunar eclipse?
100
The number of seasons per year, name them
What is 4? What is Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall?
100
The cause of tides on Earth
What is the Moon's Gravitational pull?
100
The force that draws things toward the center of an object
What is gravity?
200
The right side is long and thin
What is waxing crescent?
200
The number of lunar eclipses in a year
What is two?
200
The cause of the seasons
What is the tilt of Earth's axis?
200
The type of tide
What is Spring tide?
200
Two factors that affect the strength of gravity
What are size of an object and distance between objects?
300
What is waxing gibbous?
300
The orientation of the Earth, Moon, and Sun during a lunar eclipse
What is Sun-Earth-Moon?
What is Moon-Earth-Sun?
300
When day and night are the same length
What is Spring or Fall Equinox?
300
The definition of tides
What is the periodic variations in sea level?
300
The way sunlight travels
What is in straight lines?
400
The light is "shrinking", and half of the moon is illuminated
What is third quarter?
400
The name for where the Moon's shadow moves during a solar eclipse
What is the Path of Totality?
400
The longest day and shortest night
What is the Summer Solstice?
400
The Moon phase during Neap tide
What is First or Third Quarter Moon?
400
The issue with this model is _________
What is the sizes and distances are not to scale?
500
Location 4
What is waning gibbous?
500
The darkest part of the Moon's shadow
What is the umbra?
500
The date of the Winter Solstice
When is December 21?
500
Water flows toward the high tides. The halfway point between them experiences ____________.
What is low tide?
500
The reason the Moon is red during a lunar eclipse
Why is the Earth's atmosphere scatters the sunlight and the red light hits the moon?