Motion of
Moon
Phases of Moon
Eclipses
Features of the Moon
Miscellanious
100
True or False: The Moon rotates around the Earth and orbits around its own axis
False: The moon orbits around the Earth and rotates around its own axis
100
During this phase, the entire Near side of the moon is visible.
What is Full Moon
100
During what type of eclipse is the moon between the Sun and Earth?
What is solar eclipse.
100
The side of the moon that always faces the Earth is referred to as this.
What is the Near side
100
This phase of the moon occurs when the moon is growing smaller each night and only a sliver of the moon is visible.
What is Waning Crescent
200
The time it takes the moon to make one complete rotation around the Earth.
What is a Lunar Day (or 1 month)
200
During this phase, the moon is growing bigger each night, and it is not yet a quarter moon (half moon)
What is Waxing Crescent
200
During a Full moon, this type of eclipse is possible to occur.
What is Lunar eclipse.
200
True or False: The far side of the moon never experiences daylight.
What is False: The far side is experiencing daylight during New moon.
200
A corona is only visible during what type of eclipse.
What is solar eclipse. (or annular)
300
The proportion of the moon that is experiencing daylight during a gibbous moon.
What is half of the moon (50%)
300
This term describes two of the moon phases, as the moon is growing smaller each night.
What is Waning
300
The type of eclipse that is more visible to larger parts of the world.
What is Lunar eclipse.
300
The near side of the moon contains many more of these than does the far side.
What is Maria.
300
During a Waxing Crescent moon, this proportion of the moon is experiencing daylight.
What is half, or 50%
400
True or False: The moon rotates around its axis faster than it orbits the Earth.
What is False: the moon rotates around its axis at the same rate it orbits the Earth.
400
This phase follows a Full moon.
What is Waning Gibbous
400
A solar eclipse last's approximately only _____ minutes, while a lunar eclipse can last approximately ______ minutes.
What is 15 minutes, 60-120 minutes (or 1-2 hours)
400
The Earth only ever see's the near side of the moon due to this.
What is Synchronious rotation. (or the moon rotating and orbiting at the same rate.)
400
During this phase of the moon, from Earth, the right half of the moon is visible.
What is First Quarter moon.
500
The term used to describe the Moon's rotation and orbit.
What is Synchronious Rotation.
500
Only during this phase is a solar eclipse possible.
What is New Moon
500
This is the most rare type of eclipse, occuring when the moon is farther away from the Earth, creating a larger than normal corona.
What is annular eclipse.
500
This side of the moon is experiencing nighttime during a Full moon.
What is the far side.
500
The moon is responsible for this phenomenon that occurs within Earth's oceans.
What are tides.
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