Moon Phases
Eclipses
Tides
Diagrams
100
What is the phase in which one sees less than half of the lit part of the moon?
crescent
100
What type of eclipse occurs when the Earth is directly between the sun and the moon?
lunar eclipse
100
What happens to the water level during a high tide?
water level increases
100
This is a diagram of what type of eclipse? http://www.hartrao.ac.za/other/eclipse2002/ecl_geometry.gif
solar eclipse
200
What is the term meaning seeing more of the lit part of the moon?
waxing
200
During what phase of the moon does a solar eclipse occur?
new moon
200
What is the main cause for tides on Earth?
moon's gravity pulling on different parts of the Earth
200
Both diagrams show what type of tide? http://www.ontrack-media.net/science8/s8m3l3image10.jpg
spring tide
300
What is the term meaning humpbacked or seeing a majority of the lit part of the moon but is not yet full?
gibbous
300
Why don't eclipses occur every month during a new or full moon?
moon's orbit is tilted at a 5 degree angle
300
When the moon is at a right angle to the sun, this produces what kind of tide?
neap tide
300
What is the phase of the moon in diagram 8? http://schoolrocks.org/moon%20phase%20quiz.jpg
quarter moon
400
About how much time does it take the moon’s phase to change from a new moon to a third quarter moon?
about 3 weeks (21 days)
400
What is the larger, less dark part of the moon's shadow during a partial solar eclipse called?
penumbra
400
A neap tide occurs during what 2 phases of the moon?
first quarter and 3rd quarter moon
400
What is the phase of the moon in diagram 1? http://schoolrocks.org/moon%20phase%20quiz.jpg
waning gibbous
500
Which side of the moon always faces Earth because the moon's rotation and revolution take the same amount of time?
the near side of the moon
500
What type of eclipse can be seen anywhere on Earth that the moon is visible?
total lunar eclipse
500
The water rises and falls in a regular cycle that lasts for how many hours?
25 hours
500
What is the correct order of the phases of the moon? http://schoolrocks.org/moon%20phase%20quiz.jpg
4, 5, 8, 2, 7, 1, 3, 6
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