Phases of the Moon
These are the amount of phases found with the moon.
Solar eclipses are categorized into what four categories.
What is Total, Annular, Partial, & Hybrid.
These are how many tides occur within a 24hr day.
What is 4 tides, 2 high tides & 2 low tides.
This is name is known as the dark parts of the moon.
What is the Maria.
What is the, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, & exosphere.
This phase of the moon is difficult to spot and is often referred to as invisible.
What is the New Moon.
This is known as the point in which the Moon is the closest to the Earth.
What is the Perigee.
The process of water bulging on the Earth occurs due to this factor?
What is the gravitational pull of the moon.
This is the name given to the moon by the Romans.
What is Luna.
*Daily Double*This process of the hydrologic cycle is known as the release of water from plants and the soil.
What is Transpiration/Evapotranspiration
This phase of the moon occurs between 51-99% illumination.
What is the Waxing Gibbous.
*Daily Double*The phenomenon known as Earthshine happens when the sunlight is reflected off of the Earth brightening the rest of the moon during which phases of the moon?
What is the crescent phases of the moon.
What is during the 1st and 3rd Quarter of the moon.
These are the two types of shadows that occur during the phenomenon called eclipses.
What is the "Umbra" & "Penumbra".
This process is known as the human creation of carbon dioxide.
What is Cellular Respiration.
This term is often used to describe the moon as it heads to its New Moon phase.
What is the Waning phase.
This type of eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth during the "New Moon".
What is a solar eclipse.
This is the tide that occurs when all 3 celestial bodies are lined up in a straight line.
What is the "Spring Tide".
The Moon's gravitational force holds the Earth on its axis at this angle.
What is 23.5 degrees exact.
The thermosphere is infamous for the swirling rivers of greenish-blue night sky light.
What is the Aurora Borealis aka The Northern Lights.
*Daily Double* This phase of the moon is known as when 50% of the moon is illuminated but decreasing.
What is the Last Quarter.
This sort of eclipse is also referred to as the "Ring of Fire".
What is the annular solar eclipse.
This is known as the difference between the daily high and the daily low tides.
What is "Tidal Range".
This is the distance that the Moon is gradually drifting away from the Earth every year.
What is 1.5 inches every year.
Used in the hydrologic cycle thermohaline circulation is also known as what?
What is the Global/Ocean's Conveyer Belt.