Tides 1
Moon 2
Moon 3
Eclipse
Tides 2
100

When sea levels rise above average height it is known as....

High tide

100

What is the Sixth Phase of the Moon Phases?

Waning Gibbous 

100

What is the difference between the umbra and the penumbra?

The umbra is the darker part of the Earth's shadow and the penumbra is the lighter part of the shadow.

100

What is the positions of the Sun, Earth and the moon during a solar eclipse (IN ORDER)? 

Earth-Moon-Sun

100

How many tides occur each day (24 hours)?

4

200

Why does the Moon have a greater tidal effect than the Sun?

It is closer to Earth.

200

What does waxing mean? 

increasing or growing

200

What Moon Phase is this? (Before the Full Moon) 

Waxing Crescent 

200

Which eclipse is it when at just the right moment, the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth.

Solar Eclipse 

200

What is the main cause of tides?

The moon's gravitational pull.

300

What Phases of the Moon  have neap tides 

First Quarter and third Quarter

300

What is the Final Phase of the Moon Phases?

Waning Crescent 

300

A waning gibbous moon is between which two phases?  

Full moon and third quarter

300

Which eclipse is it when Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow on the Moon.

Lunar Eclipse 

300

How many high tides and low tides are there every day? (How many of each)

2 high tides and 2 low tides

 

400

What moon phases will have spring tides

New and Full Moon

400

What Phase is this (this is after the full moon) 


Waning crescent 

400

How many days does it take the moon to complete one revolution around the Earth?

27.3 days

400

Which eclipse is this 


Solar Eclipse 

400

What phases of the moon cause neap tides? 

first and last quarters

 

500

What kind of tide will happen during a lunar eclipse

Spring tide

500

What will the moon look like to us when it is half way between a new moon and a full moon? Draw your answer and remember to draw what you DON'T see.


First Quarter


500

How long does it take the moon to travel from new moon to new moon?

29.5 days

500

Which Eclipse is this? 


Lunar Eclipse 

500

You can see the difference between high and low tides. This difference is called the _____.

Tidal range

 

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