Sun, Earth, Moon 1
The Earth takes about this amount of time to revolve around the sun?
365 1/4 days
True/False The Moon is a planet.
False
Debris that is spewed out from the impact of a meteor.
Ejecta
The shape of the moon seems to change because...?
The moon revolves around Earth
The Moon phase that comes directly after the new moon is the.....
the waxing crescent
Earth rotates on its axis once every ...
24 hours
A Rocky sphere that travels around a planet
This causes the terminator to change locations.
What happens to the terminator line as the Moon orbits around the Earth and we are able to see more or less of the half that is illuminated?
Why is the moon visible to us?
It reflects light from the sun
The percentage of the Moon that is visible during the first quarter phase.
50%
The Earth's rotation causes .........
day and night
This is the tide that occurs twice per lunar cycle that results in the highest high tides and the lowest low tides.
Spring Tides
The type of telescope that produces images by using mirrors instead of lenses.
Reflecting telescope
The shape of Earth's orbit around the sun is called
an ellipse.
The moon phase where the moon is not visible on Earth
What is the NEW MOON?
The dark colored smoother surface of the lunar surface.
Maria
The light colored heavily cratered areas on the moon's surface.
The lunar highlands.
The tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is least difference between high and low tides.
What is neap tide?
Waxing means the light is _______________ and waning means the light is ___________________.
Waxing means the light is increasing and waning means the light is decreasing.
In a waning moon, the light is on the....
left
Another name for rotation is .........
spinning or turning
The star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system.
What is the sun?
During which principle lunar phase is the moon not visible on Earth?
New Moon
The near circular path a smaller takes around a larger object
What is orbit?
In a waxing moon, the light is on the...
right