Moon Phases
Tides
Living/Non-living
Vocab
Random
100
How many days does it take to complete one cycle of moon phases?
About 1 month
100
How many high tides and low tides occur in a 24 hour period?
Two high, Two low
100
Name 5 Non-living things in the ocean
Rocks, water, sand, trash, salt, shells, and many more.
100
When the moon is completely dark and not visible in the sky
New moon
100
How many main moon phases are there?
8
200
This is when the bright(sunny) side of the moon gets larger.
Waxing
200
How many neap tides are there in one full moon cycle?
2 neap tides in one month
200
Name 5 living things in the ocean
Fish, sharks, whales, plants, coral, and many more.
200
The rise and fall of sea levels caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun on the Earth's oceans.
Tides
200
Which has stronger gravity, the Sun or the Moon, and why?
The Sun because it is much bigger, but the Moon has a stronger gavitatinal pull on the Earth because it's much closer.
300
This is when the bright(sunny) side of the moon gets smaller.
Waning
300
Which tide will occur during a full or new moon?
Spring tide-super high and super low tides
300
Why is sand important to living things in the ocean?
Sand privides protection, food, warmth and much more.
300
When living things make more of themselves.
Reproduce
300
A bump in the ocean floor caused by the moon's gravity is called what?
Tidal bulge
400
If the new moon is the first moon phase. What is the second?
Waxing crescent
400
Why are Neap tides not very high or very low?
The sun's and moon's gravitational pull are working against each other.
400
How do tides help living things in the ocean?
Tides bing in food. Tides also allow animals to hunt and hide, as the tides go in and out.
400
What is the force that causes objects to fall towards the ground and keeps planets rotating around the Sun?
Gravity
400
An event where the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, causing the sun to be obscured partially or completely
Solar eclipse
500
What are these two moons called? (Not waning or waxing)
Gibbous and crescent
500
What moon phases occur during neap tides? During spring tides?
Neap- First and third quarter
Spring- New and full moon
500
Name 3 traits that make somthing a "living" thing
Grow, reproduce, move, and change to its enviroment.
500
The circular path the moon takes around the Earth because of the force of gravity?
Orbit
500
What is a process scientists use to learn and understand new things about the world around them
The scientific method