Scientific Method
Geology on Mars
The Moon
Moon Phases
Earth
Eclipses
100
Educated guess of a possible outcome of the experiment
What is a hypothesis?
100
The two things that a planet needs to be considered habitable
What are an energy source and liquid water?
100
A rocky sphere that travels around a planet.
What is a moon?
100
The phase seen below, where the moon is totally illuminated
What is a full moon?
100
The angle of the Earth’s axis
What is 23.5°?
100
When Earth casts a shadow onto the moon, making it dark.
What is a lunar eclipse?
200
Everything that stays the same in an experiment
What are constants?
200
A long, narrow groove that forms where water, lava, or other liquids flow.
What is a channel?
200
The approximate time it takes for the Moon to make a full rotation and full revolution.
What is 27 days?
200
The phase seen below, where the moon is totally dark 
What is a new moon?
200
The season that occurs when the hemisphere is tilted AWAY from the Sun
What is winter?
200
When the moon casts a shadow onto Earth, making a small portion of it dark.
What is a solar eclipse?
300
What is being tested in an experiment
What is the independent variable?
300
A feature that forms on the surface on the planet, such as mountains, channels, or sand dunes.
What is a landform?
300
The light source that allows the moon to be seen at night.
What is the Sun?
300
The phase seen below, where half of the moon is illuminated
What is a quarter moon?
300
When the Earth or moon temporarily blocks sunlight from reaching the other.
What is an eclipse?
300
The darkest part of the shadow that is casted on the moon or Earth during an eclipse.
What is the umbra?
400
What is being measured in an experiment
What is the dependent variable?
400
Dome-shaped landforms that were formed on Venus and studied by Geologist Taras Gerya.
What are novae?
400
The processes by which the moon's appearance changes as seen from Earth.
What are the moon phases?
400
The phase seen below, where less than half of the moon is illuminated
What is a crescent moon?
400
The day that the Sun is directly over the Earth’s equator
What is an equinox?
400
The specific type of eclipse seen in the image below
What is a partial lunar eclipse?
500
The group that does not receive the I.V.
What is the control group?
500
An event that causes changes in the Geosphere. Two examples are flowing water and flowing lava.
What is a geologic process?
500
The border between light and dark on the moon.
What is the terminator?
500
The phase seen below, where more than half of the moon is illuminated
What is a gibbous moon?
500
The day that the Sun reaches its highest (northernmost) or lowest (southernmost) extremes.
What is a solstice?
500
The specific type of eclipse you would see if you were living in a city within Shadow A
What is a partial solar eclipse?