Moon Phases
What is the first moon phase?
What is New Moon
What is the tide where the Earth, Sun, and Moon are lined up?
What is Spring Tide
(high tide)
What is the cause of the seasons on Earth?
What is the Earth's tilt on its axis
What are the two main types of Eclipises?
What is Solar and Lunar
What causes day and night on Earth?
What is the rotation on its axis
What is it called when the moon gets larger each night?
What is waxing
What is the tide where the Earth, Sun, and Moon form a right angle?
What is Neap Tide
(low tide)
What is 24 hours of light
What happens when the Earth passes directly between the moon and the Sun, blocking the light from hitting the moon?
What is a Lunar Eclipse
If the rotation on Earth's axis decreased, what would happen to the length of the days?
What is they would get longer
How much of the moon is constantly lit up?
What is 50%
How many tides are there per day?
What is 4
(2 high, 2 low)
What causes more sunlight in the summer?
What is the Earth's tilt towards the sun
What is the inner part of the path during an eclipse?
(penumbra, umbra)
Why do we only see one side of the moon?
What is the moon rotates and revolves at the exact speed that creates the same side visible
What is 28 days
If one low tide happens at 6:30am, when should the next occur?
Other than the Earth's tilt, what else is a reason for the season?
What is the outer path during an eclipse called?
(penumbra, umbra)
What is penumbra
About how long is a Solar Eclipse?
If the moon phase is First Quarter, what will the phase be in around 2 weeks?
(Last Quarter)
When are the moon phases during the highest tides?
What is New Moon and Full Moon
Where on Earth experiences 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark all the time, regardless of the season?
What is the equator
What phase is the moon during a Lunar Eclipse?
What is Full Moon
True or False -
It is safe to view a Lunar Eclipse with a naked eye
What is true