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
What are lunar phases?
What is lunar phases occur when the moon orbits the Earth and a portion of the moon is illuminated and when we see changes it gives rise to moon phases.
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
Draw a picture of a waning crescent.
Small lit portion on left half of moon
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
When a solar eclipse occurs, is the eclipse seen by more or less people on Earth?
Less people
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
How do eclipses effect people on Earth?
answers vary