Moon Phases
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Moon Phases 2
100
How many phases of the moon makes a cycle?
What is 8?
100
What causes Earth's seasons?
The Tilt
100
Which has longer days, winter solstice or summer solstice?
What is the summer solstice?
100
When the North Pole is tipped toward the sun, it is this season in the northern hemisphere.
What is summer?
100
The first phase of the moon.
What is new moon?
200
You can see the entire face of the moon lit up at night.
What is a full moon?
200
What is it called when the days are equal, because the sun is lined up with the Earth's equator.
What is an equinox?
200
This is the most northerly part of Earth.
What is the North pole?
200
When the North Pole is tipped away from the sun, the northern hemisphere is experiencing this season.
What is winter?
200
We see the lit surface of the moon getting smaller, but is more than half lit?
What isa waning gibbous?
300
This moon phase shows a small sliver of the moon getting larger.
What is waxing crescent?
300
What does the Earth's rotation cause
night and day
300
When the earth is between the sun and moon, casting a shadow on the moon is called 
what?
What is a lunar eclipse?
300
What does waxing mean, when it comes to moon phases?
What is getting larger?
300
A small sliver of the moon is seen, and it occurs towards the end of the moons cyc
le.
What is a waning crescent?
400
This moon is directly between the sun and the earth, the earth sees only the dark side of moon.
What is a new moon?
400
This is the number of days it takes the earth to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 days?
400
When the moon is between the sun and earth, casting a shadow onto the Earth is called?
solar eclipse
400
What does waning mean in moon phases?
What is getting smaller?
400
Half of the moon is lit and it has traveled three quarters around the earth.
What is last quarter moon?
500
This moon is half lit and in between and the moon has made a quarter of its way around the earth. Its first rotation of the moon phase.
What is first quarter moon?
500
What happens in an solstice?
The poles are closer to the sun, giving us longer days or nights, depending if it is a summer solstice or winter solstice.
500
How long is a rotation for Earth?
24hrs
500
Name 5 out 8 moon phases.
New Moon
waxing crescent
1st quarter
waxing gibbous
full moon
waning gibbous
3rd quarter
waning crescent
500
Name all the phases of the moon in order.
What is new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent.