Moon Basics
This object is the Earth's only natural satellite
What is the Moon?
Allegedly, the Moon formed from debris after a collision into the Earth which was the about the size of what?
What is Mars?
This is the phase when the Moon is completely dark from Earth's view.
What is New Moon?
The Moon stabilizes Earth by maintaining this important angle of tilt
What is 23.5 degrees?
These are caused by gravitational pull between the Moon and Earth
What are tides?
This is what illuminates the moon
What is the Sun?
When was the Moon formation?
What is billions of years ago during the early formation of the solar system?
The Moon completes one full rotation of its phase cycle in this amount of time
What is 29.5 days?
Earth's tilt controls this predictable yearly cycle of weather changes
What are seasons?
High tides occur on the side that is _____ to/from the Moon
What is closest to?
The Moon is mostly made up of this material that cooled after it crystalized
What is molten rock?
The Moon's surface is mostly just _____
What is dust?
When the Moon only looks like a thin slice, what type of Moon is it?
What is crescent moon?
If the Earth were to not have a tilt, weather in certain areas would would be dramatically ____ than others
What is different?
This law explains why the opposite side of the Earth also experiences a high tide despite being farther from the Moon
What is Law of Inertia?
The Moon has a non-smooth texture because these events have repeatedly struck its powdery layer
What is impacts from meteors and asteroids?
Just like the Earth, the Moon has a core, mantle, and a _____
What is crust?
The phases of the Moon appear due to the ____ of the Earth & Moon around the Sun.
What is orbiting?
The Moon's influence may have helped the evolution of this on Earth
What is life?
The Moon's luminesense help navigate mainly these type of animals during nighttime
What is nocturnal?
This is the average distance between the Moon and the Earth
What is 384,400 km?
Unike the Earth, the Moon does NOT have a _____ _____
What is a magnetic field?
When more than half of the Moon is visible but not quite full
What is gibbous?
The Moon's influence supports the environmental stability life relies on. Without it, Earth would be a lot more chaotic. What two systems would be disrupted?
What are weather patterns and seasonal changes?
List at least two professions/activities that depend heavily on tide patterns
What are fishing, navigation, ship safety, construction, marine biology?