Moon Phases & Eclipses
Spring & Neap Tides
Vocabulary
100
Which moon phase occurs when the moon is between the sun and the earth?
New moon
100
What force causes the tides?
Gravity
100
When the earth spins on its axis
Rotate
200
Which moon phase is visible from Earth when the Moon is located at position M1?
New moon
200
Which tide is more extreme and strong? (spring or neap)
Spring
200
When the earth orbits around the sun
Revolve
300
Which 2 diagrams show a lunar and solar eclipse? (tell which is which)
A - Solar eclipse
C - Lunar eclipse
300
Which moon phases cause neap tides?
First Quarter and Last/Third Quarter
300
The periodic rise and fall of the oceans
Tides
400
Which is a lunar eclipse and which is a solar eclipse?
TOP - solar eclipse
BOTTOM - lunar eclipse
400
Is this a spring or a neap tide?
neap (weak rhymes with neap)
400
Why do we only see one side of the moon?
Moons rotation and revolution are the same length