Moon phases
What Is it called when the light of the moon is combing form the right side and the shadow is on he left?
Waxing
What moon phase(s) causes neap tides?
1st quarter and 3rd to last quarter
Where does the earth have to face in order for it to be summer?
Towards the sun
What are the phases of the moon called?
Lunar cycle
What is the north experience when we experience winter?
Summer
Which moon phase comes 2 weeks before a full moon?
New moon
What moon phase(s) causes spring tides?
Full moon and new moon
Where does the earth have to face in order for it to be spring?
Half way towards the sun
What would happen if the moon was closer to the earth?
The tides would be higher in the ocean
Fall
What moon phase comes 3 weeks after the full moon?
1st quarter
Which tide is strongest?
Spring tide
It's winter only when the earth is non existent. True or False?
False
What causes the tides of the ocean?
The gravitational pull of the moon
Why do the seasons we have happen?
Because the earth revolves around the sun
What moon phase can we not see?
New moon
A spring tide only happens when it is day time. True or False?
False
The earth experiences fall only when the earth is....
Slightly tilted away from the sun
What is it called when the moon goes all the way around the earth?
Revolution
What is it called when the earth spins on its axis
Rotation
What comes 2 weeks before a waning crescent?
1st quarter
Spring tildes and neap tides are exactly the same. True or False?
False
Why does the moon have light?
Because the suns light reflects off of the earth and onto the moon
What is it called when the moon comes over the sun during the daytime?
Solar eclipse
What would happen if we had no moon?