Moon Phase
What is larger a gibbous or crescent moon?
Gibbous
What does our Sun give us?
Hint: There are two things
Light and Energy
What is the result of the Earth's shadow being cast on the moon?
What is a lunar eclipse?
True or False: The Moon revolves around the Earth.
True.
What causes the seasons?
Tilt of Earth and Orbit
What is the word for when the moon is gradually getting smaller?
Waning
How does light travel?
In a straight line
Is the moon alone in orbiting the Earth?
No, along with the Moon, there are man-made satellites and, occasionally and temporarily, smaller celestial bodies.
True or False - We can see all sides of the moon?
False
True or False: The Moon is a satellite
True.
The moon is what is called a “natural” satellites. But usually when someone says “satellite,” they are talking about a “man-made” satellite. All that is required for something to be a satellite is that it orbits another body.
Does the moon get smaller or larger after a full moon? What is the phase?
Smaller
waning gibbous
What happens when the moon passes directly between the Sun and the Earth?
Solar Eclipse
How long does it take the Earth to rotate once?
What does it cause?
24 hours
Day and night
A moon phase cycle lasts this long.
What is (about) a month?
How long is the moon cycle, or how long does it take the moon to orbit Earth?
about one month
Moon phase after the new moon?
waxing crescent
If there was no sun, what would the Earth be?
A dark frozen ball.
How long does it take for the Earth to travel around the Sun?
What does this cause?
What is 365 days?
What is a year?
The line separating the unlighted and lighted sides of the moon
What is the Terminator?
List the Earth, Moon, and Sun in order when there is a Lunar Eclipse.
What is Sun, Earth, Moon
or
Moon, Earth, Sun
What is the moon phase when the moon is between the Earth and the sun?
What does the moon look like?
New Moon
Can't see moon
Is there a place on Earth where the sun does not rise?
The region around either pole during their respective hemisphere's winter.
What are the conditions that cause lunar eclipse?
The Earth is in between the Sun and the Moon and they are EXACTLY lined up because of the Moon's tilted orbit.
The 8 phases of the Moon in order.
What is New Moon, waxing Cresent Moon, First Quarter Moon, Waxing Gibbous Moon, Full Moon, waning Gibbous Moon, Last Quarter moon, and Waning crescent moon?
If Jack sees a full moon tonight, when will he see another full moon?
About a month