Vocabulary
Motions
Phases
Eclipses
Tides
100
What are the different shapes of the moon you see from the Earth?
Phases
100
What are the two motions that the moon makes?
Rotation and Revolution
100
How many phases of the moon have we studied?
8
100
What are the two types of eclipses?
Solar and Lunar
100
What is the tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides?
Neap Tide
200
What is the partial or total blocking of one object by another?
Eclipse
200
What is the amount of "Earth Days" it takes the moon to make one rotation?
27.3 Earth Days
200
If the moon is lit up on the right, the moon is waxing or waning?
Waxing
200
What is the part of the shadow you would be in if you were watching a partial solar eclipse?
Penumbra
200
What is the tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides?
Spring Tide
300
What is the periodic rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean?
Tides
300
What is the amount of "Earth Days" it takes the moon to make one revolution?
27.3 Earth Days
300
If the moon is lit up on the left, is the moon waxing or waning?
Waning
300
What is the part of the shadow you would be in if you were watching a total lunar eclipse?
Umbra
300
What causes the tides?
The pull of moon's gravity
400
What is the darkest part of a shadow?
Umbra
400
Which revolves faster, the Earth or the Moon?
Moon
400
What phase of the moon comes after the first quarter?
Waxing Gibbous
400
What is the order of the bodies in space during a solar eclipse?
Sun, Moon, Earth OR Earth, Moon, Sun (Moon in the middle)
400
What are the two phases of the moon that a spring tide happens at?
New Moon and Full Moon
500
What is the part of the shadow surrounding the darkest part?
Penumbra
500
Which rotates faster, the Earth or the Moon?
Earth
500
What phase of the moon comes after the waning crescent?
New Moon
500
What is the order of the bodies in space during a lunar eclipse?
Sun, Earth, Moon OR Moon, Earth, Sun (Earth in the middle)
500
What are the two phases of the moon that a neap tide occurs at?
1st Quarter Moon and 3rd Quarter Moon
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