Moon Phase
Sun
Earth
Moon
Earth, Sun and Moon
100

Moon Phases are caused by the ________________?

What is revolution/orbit of the Moon around Earth?

100

What does the Sun give us?

What is Light and Heat?

100

True or False: When the Moon is between the Sun and Earth, it blocks the sunlight and cast a shadow on Earth.

What is True?

100

True or False: The Moon revolves around the Earth.

What is True?

100

How does light travel?

What is in straight lines only?

200

What is the word for when the Moon's light is gradually getting smaller?

What is Waning?

200

Which body in our solar system is classified as a star?


What is the Sun?


200

Which is larger? The Sun or the Earth?

What is the Sun?

200

Michael saw a full moon one night. How long will it be before he sees another full moon again?

What is about 1 month?

200

What is it called when a circular path a smaller object makes around a larger object?

What is an orbit?

300

Does the Moon get smaller or larger after a Full Moon? 

What is smaller?


300

What phenomenon happens when the Moon lines up between the Sun and Earth, causing sunlight to be blocked from reaching Earth?


What is a Solar Eclipse?

300

If you were outside during a total solar eclipse, what would you experience?

What is the day would suddenly become night?

300

What Moon phase shows a fully illuminated Moon?

What is a Full Moon?

300

What is one force that keeps Earth in orbit around the Sun?

What is gravity?

400

What is the Moon Phase called that has a shadow on the left side and illuminated on the right side?

What is a First Quarter Moon Phase?

400

How long does it take Earth to make one revolution around the Sun?

What is 365 days or 1 year?

400

Why don’t we have a lunar eclipse every month?

What is the Moon’s orbit is tilted?

400

What is the border between the light and the dark on the Moon called?

What is the Terminator?

400

Madison looked up one night and saw a crescent Moon. If Madison looks for the Moon again in 1 month, what Moon phase will she see?

What is a crescent Moon phase?

500

What is the Moon phase called when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun?


What is a New Moon?

500

What happens when Venus' orbit takes it directly between Earth and the Sun?

What is Venus blocks a small amount of sunlight?

500

This term describes the Moon when the lit portion is getting bigger, while this term describes the Moon when the lit portion is getting smaller.

What is Waxing and Waning?

500

Why do we always see the same side of the moon from the Earth?

What is because its period of rotation equals its period of revolution?

500

What natural event occurs when the Sun, Earth and Moon are perfectly aligned?

What is a lunar eclipse?

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