Phases
Lunar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
The Seasons
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100
Todays phase of the moon is fully bright.
What is a Full moon.
100
The moon looks this color in a Lunar Eclipse.
What is red?
100
This eclipse only occurs when the phase of the moon is in this stage.
What is a New Moon
100
There are this many seasons in a year.
What is 4?
100
The Earth's natural satellite.
What is the moon?
200
The phases of the moon take how long to rotate through?
What is about 28 days?
200
Which occurs more often... a Solar eclipse or Lunar Eclipse?
What is a Lunar Eclipse?
200
The "Path of Totality" is when what sweeps over the surface of the Earth?
What is the shadow of the moon?
200
If it is summer in Austrailia, it is this season in Red Deer.
What is winter?
200
What is the effect of the graavity of the Moon on Earth?
What are the tides?
300
There is a half moon in the sky, with the round edge to the right.
What is a First Quarter?
300
In a partial Lunar eclipse, only part of the Moon passes through this.
What is the Earth's umbra?
300
The dark cone of shadow where most of the light is blocked by the moon is called this.
What is the umbra?
300
The seasons occur because the Earth is tilted this many degrees.
What is 23 12/2?
300
The Moon takes this long to revolve around the Earth?
What is about 28 days?
400
A Tiny sliver of the moon reappears after a New Moon. This is called...
What is a waxing crescent?
400
The Lunar Eclipse only happens during what phase?
What is a Full Moon?
400
As the light from the Sun either becomes completely blocked, or at that moment when the sun starts to reappear, there is a brillant phenomenah.
What is "The Diamond Ring"?
400
When the shadow on the Earth is directly trhrough the North and south Poles, it is called the Spring or Autumnal what?
What is an Equinox?
400
The face of the moon that we don't see is always facing away from the Earth.
What is the "Dark Side of the Moon"?
500
The 18th day in the moon's cycle will be which phase?
What is a waning gibbous?
500
A lunar eclipse doesn't happen every month because the orbit of the moon is tilted about
What is 5 degrees?
500
A total Solar Eclipse will last this long.
What is "Rarely more than severasl minutes" or 2 or 3 minutes.
500
The sun's doesn't shine any closer to the South Pole than 66 1/2 degees South. In Alberta the season that is starting at this time is....
What is summer.
500
This object is between 356500 km and 406500 km away from the Earth.
What is the Moon.
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