Phases
Name one moon phase.
Waxing crescent, First quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent, or new moon.
Name a type of eclipse.
What is the Solar Eclipse or Lunar Eclipse.
What moon phase causes the tides to be the highest?
What is full moon or new moon.
How long is the moons rotation period?
What is 27-28 days.
How many atmosphere layers does the moon have?
What is 0.
In both first quarter and third quarter of the moon how much of the moon is illuminated?
What is half.
When an eclipse happens does everyone see it?
What is no, the shadow of the eclipse only is pointed at one place and it always changes.
What is a spring tide?
What is when the moon is either a full moon or a new moon and is aligned with the sun creating the strongest pull.
What shape is the moons path around Earth?
What is Elliptical (oval).
How many people have walked on the moon?
What is 12.
How many moon phases are there?
What is 8.
True or false, eclipses only happen during the day.
What is False, lunar eclipses happen during the night.
What is a neap tide?
What is when the moon is either first or third quarter causing the tide to be moderate.
How long does it take for the moon to fully cycle?
What is 27-28 days.
What is the theory on how the moon was made?
What is that when an asteroid hit 4.5 million years ago a chunk of earth came off and that is now our moon.
What is the difference between a waxing moon phase and a waning moon phase?
Waxing moon phases are when the moon starts to glow more when waning it glows less.
Can any moon type happen during an eclipse?
What is, no for lunar eclipses the moon has to be a full moon while solar eclipses have to happen during a new moon.
How does the moon affect Earths tides?
What is the moons gravitational pull causes oceans to bulge out on the side closest and farthest from the moon.
What direction does the moon orbit earth?
What is counter-clockwise.
Is the moon drifting from Earth?
Yes.
What is the difference between a gibbous and a crescent?
A gibbous moon is when more of the moon is illuminated while a crescent is when less of the moon is illuminated.
Are eclipses rare?
What is, no they happen once a month just the shadow only hits certain places.
How many types of tide are there in a day?
What is 2 high tides and 2 low tides per day.
Why does the Earth only see one side of the moon?
What is because the rotation period and cycle period are the same amount of time so it just is a loop never changing.
In 1950's what was the United States debating on doing to the moon?
What is detonating a nuclear bomb.