Moon Phases
How many moon phases are there?
8
What are the two types of Eclipses?
Solar and Lunar
What are the 4 types of tides?
High tide, Low tide, Spring tide, and Neap tide
Why do Solar Eclipses happen?
When the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth.
What force keeps the moon orbiting the earth?
Gravity
How many days does it take the moon to revolve aroudnd the Earth one time?
27.3 days
The darkest shadow during an eclipse.
Umbra
How many high tides and low tides occur each day?
2, and 2
Why do Lunar Eclipses happen?
When the Moon appears darkend as it passes into the Earth's shadow.
If the white part of the moon is on the right it is.....
Waxing
Does the first half of the lunar cycle seem to be increasing or decreasing?
Increasing
The partially shaded outer reigon of the shadow during an eclipse.
Penumbra
When the water is at its lowest level?
Low tide
Why does the moon appear red during a lunar ecplise
the sunlight refracts through the atmosphere and only the red light bends enough to hit the moon
If the white part of the moon is on the left it is......
waning
What moon phase is when the left half of the moon is shaded?
First Quarter
Lunar Eclipses can only be viewed at night during what moon phase?
Full Moon
When the sun and the moon's gravitational force pulls in the same direction.
Spring tide
How do spring tides occur?
By the Moon and Sun pulling in the same direction.
why cant we see a new moon?
the sunlight is hitting the side of the moon that is not facing the earth
What causes the different phases of the moon as seen from Earth?
The sunlight refecting on the moon and the part we see.
What are the three types of solar eclipses?
Total, Annual, and Partial
Neap tide
How do Neap tides occur?
When the Sun and Moon are pulling in oppisite directions.
What do we see during a total lunar eclipse
A red moon