Eclipses
Tides
Moon Phases
Vocab
Mixed Bag
100
What is the order of a lunar eclipse from left to right?
Sun, Earth, Moon
100
Name all four of the tides
Spring tide, Neap tide, High tide, Low tide
100
About how many days does it take the moon to be a new moon to a full moon
About fifteen days
100
Whats more than half an illuminated circle called
Gibbous
100
If Sydney Australia is located in the Southern Hemisphere and its having winter What season is Boston having in the Northern Hemisphere?
Summer
200
Is it typical or rare to see a solar eclipse?
Rare
200
SPECIFICALLY how often do the tides change
six hours fifteen minutes
200
how many moon phases are there
eight moon phases
200
Area of a shadow where light is partially blocked
penumbra
200
When it's one season in the Northern Hemisphere what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere
The opposite season
300
How does a lunar eclipse form
When the earth blocks sunlight which otherwise reflects on the Moon.
300
How much times do spring tides occur a year
twenty-four times
300
What moon phases occur during a neap tide
A first quarter moon and a third quarter moon
300
Especially strong tides ( higher high tides, lower low tides)
spring tides
300
Which motion by Earth causes seasons
Revolution
400
How come we see solar eclipses less frequently than lunar eclipses
Because the moon only covers a small portion of the sun, and you can only see solar eclipses in one small area when lunar eclipses are seen by the entire night side of the earth.
400
What causes tides
The pull of the moons gravity
400
What moon phase can we see during a solar eclipse
A new Moon
400
Incoming or rising tide
Flood tide
400
Whats the difference between Indirect and Direct light
Direct Light hits from high in the sky, is strong, and causes summer. Indirect light hits from low in the sky, is weak, and causes winter
500
When the earths view of the sun and moon are occasionally blocked
Whats the definition of an eclipse
500
How are spring tides formed
When the sun, moon and earth are nearly in a lined pull in the same direction
500
How long does it take for all the moon phase to take place
About 29.5 days
500
outgoing or falling tide
Ebb tide
500
How does the tilt of the earth effect seasons
The tilt of the Earth effects seasons because the earth revolves around the sun with a 23.5 degree angle and we get direct and indirect light causing seasons
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