"Moon"-damentals
Push, Pull, and Spin
May the Force Be with You
It's Just a Phase
Darkness Awaits
100
Characteristics include satellite of the earth, reflects sunlight, and accompanies the earth around the sun.
What is the moon?
100
A 108 lb person on earth would weigh this on the moon
What is 18 lbs?
100
The metric unit of force and is used to determine the weight of a person on the moon.
What is a newton?
100
The moon's point of closest approach when it is 363,300 (225,800 mi)
What is perigee?
100
A narrow area on the earth's surface that falls completely within the moon's shadow
What is total eclipse?
200
Once a month, accompanies the earth around the sun
What is moon's orbit?
200
The minimum speed an object must have to free itself from the gravitational pull.
What is escape velocity?
200
Push or pull on an object
What is force?
200
The most distant point of orbit of the moon when it is 405,400 (252,000 mi) away
What is apogee?
200
The moon comes between the earth and the sun preventing some of the sun's light from reaching the earth and can only occur at a new moon.
What is a solar eclipse?
300
This is slower and gives the moon its perfect sphere shape.
What is the moon's rotation?
300
It's about 1/6 of the Earth's
What is the gravity of the moon?
300
The amount of matter in an object, can be found by dividing its weight in pounds by 2.2 lb/kg.
What is mass?
300
The moon is the same direction as the sun and above or below it in the sky.
What is new moon?
300
Bright pinpoints of light that appear briefly during a total solar eclipsed as the sunlight shines through valleys around the moon's edge.
What is Baily's beads?
400
1.2% of the Earth
What is the moon's mass?
400
The moon passes in front of a stat
What is Occulting?
400
M x 9.8 N/kg
What is the formula for weight on the earth in Newtons?
400
A thin sliver of crescent low in the western sky shortly after sunset.
What is waxing crescent?
400
A bright sparkling bead along the remaining thin solar crescent.
What is the diamond ring effect?
500
It is only 3476km (2160mi) which is less than the width of the US.
What is diameter of the moon?
500
Divides the lighted side of the moon from the dark side
What is terminator?
500
M x 1.6 N/kg
What is weight in Newtons on the moon?
500
Exactly 180 degrees from the sun and takes place at about the same time as the setting of the sun.
What is a full moon?
500
Occur only at full moons; is when the moon is in the earth's shadow and is still visible.
What is a lunar eclipse?
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