Vocabulary
Moon Phases
Earth & Moon
True or False
Lunar & Solar Eclipses
100
What phase of the moon occurs when the order is Sun-Moon-Earth?
What is a new moon?
100
A waxing moon appears to _____ each day
What is grow?
100
Which eclipse occurs when the order is S-E-M
sun-earth-moon
lunar eclipse
100
Solar and lunar eclipses happen every month.
What is False
100
Lunar eclipses are more/less common than solar eclipses. Explain why.
What is more, lunar eclipses are more common
1. Earth's shadow is bigger, moon small to fit in the shadow longer
2. Anyone experiencing night sky can see
200
Draw a picture of a 3rd quarter moon
200
The lunar cycle lasts...
What is one month (about 29.5 days)
200
The time it takes for the moon to complete one full cycle of phases?
What is a lunar cycle?
200
Due to the Earth's tilt of its axis there are not 2 eclipse each month.
false
due to the tilt of the Moon's orbit, we do not have 2 eclipses each month
200
During a ____ the moon passes into the earths shadow.
What is Lunar eclipse
300
An event where one object in space casts a shadow onto another
What is eclipse
300
Wax ON to a _____________ Moon light is on the ________ side.
Wane OFF to a ____________ Moon, light is on the ________ side.
Wax ON to a FULL Moon light is on the right side.
Wane OFF to a NEW Moon, light is on the left side.
300
How do we correctly name the moon phases?
we name the part the the moon that is lit and which side (right or left) of the moon
300
Lunar Eclipse occur during the day.
What is False,
lunar eclipses occur at night
300
During a ____ the moon passes between the sun and earth.
What is Solar eclipse
400
The darkest part of a shadow
What is umbra
400
When the moon is more than half lit on the right side
What is Waxing gibbous
400
Which type of eclipse occurs when the order is
S-M-E?
sun-moon-earth
solar eclipse
400
Solar eclipses last for a couple of hours
What is False, solar eclipses last for a couple of minutes
400
During a ____ the sun's light is completely blocked
What is a total solar ecipse
500
A regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one.
What is an orbit?
500
When the right half of the moon is completely lit
What is first quarter
500
A Waning moon appears to ____ each day.
What is shrink?
500
The moon completes one rotation for every revolution it makes around earth
What is True
500
During a solar eclipse, people outside the umbra but inside the penumbra are experiencing what type of solar eclipse
What is partial solar eclipse