EMS 1
True or False?
The moon appears to change shape because only certain portions of its illuminated side are seen as the moon revolves around Earth.
True
True or False?
The Moon is a planet.
False
Shira looked up one night and saw a full moon. This is the length of time until she can see a full moon again?
True or False?
The same moon phase is seen by everyone on Earth each night?
True
The Moon phase that comes directly after the new moon is the.....
Waxing crescent
How long is the lunar cycle?
29.5 days/1 month
A Rocky sphere that travels around a planet
Moon?
A moon phase that looks like a half-circle from Earth
Quarter moon
If light on the Moon is decreasing it is.....
Waning
The percentage of the Moon that is visible during the first quarter phase.
50%
How many moon phases are there?
8
What is the border between light and dark on the moon called?
Terminator
This word means to shine light onto something or make visible
How many days does it take to see all of the phases of the moon?
28 days
The moon phase where the moon is not visible on Earth
What is the NEW MOON?
How does light travel?
In straight lines
The relative size of things
Scale?
If light on the moon is increasing it is......
Waxing
Waxing means the light is _______________ and waning means the light is ___________________.
Waxing means the light is increasing and waning means the light is decreasing.
In a waning moon, the light is on the....
left
This is how long it takes to move 2 lunar phases
7 days/1 week
The star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system.
What is the sun?
During which principle lunar phase is the moon not visible on Earth?
New Moon
The near circular path a smaller takes around a larger object
What is orbit?
In a waxing moon, the light is on the...
right