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Tides
Phases and Eclipses
Earth's Moon
Gravity and Motion
100
What is the rise and fall of ocean water that occurs every 12.5 hours or so?
What are tides.
100
What are caused by the motion of the moon around Earth?
What are phases.
100
What are hardened rocks formed from huge lava flows that occured 3-4 billion years ago.
What is maria.
100
What states that every object in the universe attracts every other object?
What is the law of universal gravitation.
200
What is the Old English word meaning "to jump."
What is springen.
200
What occurs when the moon passes directly between Earth and the sun, blocking sunlight from Earth.
What is a solar eclipse.
200
What are large round pits that can be hundreds of kilometers across?
What are craters.
200
What changes the strength of the force of gravity between two objects?
What is mass and distance.
300
What is the tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides?
What is neap tide.
300
What is the very darkest part of the moon's shadow?
What is Umbra.
300
What are chunks of rock or dust from space?
What are meteoroids.
300
What is the amount of matter in an object?
What is mass.
400
What affects the height of the tides during a month?
What is the position of the Earth, moon, and sun.
400
What is the larger part of the shadow that is less dark than the umbra.
What is penumbra.
400
What are the light-colored features that can be seen on the moon's surface?
What are highlands.
400
What is the measure of the force of gravity on an object?
What is weight.
500
What is the name of the reversing river?
What is the Saint John River.
500
What occurs at a full moon when Earth is directly between he moon and the sun?
What is a lunar eclipse.
500
What is the moon's surface like?
What has an irregular surface.
500
What is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion?
What is inertia.