The different shapes of the moon seen from Earth are called ________.
What is phases.
100
During what phase of the moon can a lunar eclipse occur?
What is a full moon.
100
When are tides the highest?
What is Spring Tides. When the sun, moon, and earth are nearly in line (full and new moon).
100
Because the moon rotates once for each revolution around Earth, ______________
you never see the far side of the moon.
*you always see the same side of moon
100
All objects are attracted to each other by the force of _________.
What is gravity.
200
From a full moon to a new moon phase, you see ___________________________________.
What is a decreasing amount of the lit side of the moon.
200
A total solar eclipse is visible from
What is only within the moon's umbra.
200
What causes tides?
Tides are caused by the gravitational pull from the moon and the sun on different parts of Earth.
200
What are dark flat areas on the moon's surface called?
What is maria.
200
If you can see the right half of the moon from Earth. What phase of the moon are you looking at?
What is first quarter.
300
What two moon phases can you see the same amount of the lit side?
What is first and third (last) quarter.
300
Why are you less likely to see a total solar eclispe than a total lunar eclipse?
Becasue the moon's umbra only covers a small area on Earth's surface.
300
What is a Neap Tide?
When do Neap Tides occur?
Neap Tides - tides with least distance between low and high tides.
Neap tides occur when the sun's pull is at right (90 degree) angles to the moon's pull.
300
Large round pits called ___________, were caused by the impacts of _____________.
What is craters, meteoriods.
300
What is the difference in height between low and high tide on this Monday.
Monday 6am 7.1
12pm 2.3
What is 4.8 meters
400
The phase of the moon you see depends on
What is how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth.
400
A _________ eclispe occurs when the moon passess into Earth's shadow. A _______ eclipse occurs when Earth passess into the moon's shadow.
What is lunar, solar.
400
What is a Spring Tide?
When do Spring Tides occur?
Spring tides - tides with the greatest difference between low and high tides.
Spring tides occur when the the moon, earth, and sun are nearly in line.
400
What are the three main surface features of the moon?
What is maria, highlands, and craters.
400
On Friday the San Francisco Bay Tides goes from 1.9 meters at 7am to 10.5 meters at 3pm and 1.7 meters at 10pm. How many high tides happen on this day? How many low tides happen on this day?
What is 1 high tide. What is 2 low tides.
500
Where is the moon in relation to Earth and the sun during a full moon.
What is the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth.
Sun Earth Moon
500
During what phase of the moon can you see a solar eclipse
What is new moon.
500
When do spring tides occur and when do neap tides occur based on information below:
High Tide Low Tide
Dec. 12 - 13 5.4 1.2
Dec. 22-23 2.5 1.1
Dec. 25 9.3 0.5
Dec. 27 6.3 2.0