Phases of the Moon
True or false, the moon changes in size depending on the time of the month.
The Earth and the moon both have one of these, but the moon's is much thinner. It protects us and provides our weather, clouds and air.
What is an atmosphere?
He was the first person to walk on the surface of the moon in 1969.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
The moon's surface is covered in these; created by asteroids and space debris crashing into the moon's surface.
What are craters?
This government agency oversees all space travel in the United States.
What is NASA?
The full moon was once believed to make people crazy and even helped create this monster that you may see howling in a movie.
What is a werewolf?
The moon's gravity influences water on Earth, causing low and high ___.
What are tides?
True or False, the Apollo 13 mission successfully landed on the moon.
What is false?
Apollo 13 suffered multiple issues and never made it to the moon. The crew returned safely to Earth, so it is considered a "successful failure."
What is gravity?
What is cheese?
This moon phase has no sunlight emitting.
What is a New Moon?
The moon's history of tectonic activity has scientists studying what they call ____.
What are moonquakes?
This US President famously said, "we choose to go to the Moon... not because it is easy, but because it is hard" in 1962.
Who is John F Kennedy?
Scientists have found traces of this essential-for-life liquid in the lunar soil.
What is water?
The name for the second full moon in a month: it happens about every 2.5 years.
What is a "blue moon?"
Only the left half of the moon is illuminated.
What is Third Quarter (or Last Quarter)?
Neither a star nor a planet, the moon is the Earth's only natural ____.
The name of the rocket that launched Apollo missions.
What is the Saturn V?
The moon is mainly composed of this mineral, also used by bodybuilders to get swole.
What is Iron?
These missions will send the first woman and first person of color to the moon.
What is the Artemis program?
A Full Moon follows this phase of the moon.
What is Waxing Gibbous?
We only see this much (%) of the moon's surface.
What is 60%?
The United States has flown this many missions to land on the moon, also the last grade of elementary school.
What is 6?
What is the name of the layer of fine dust and rocky material on the surface of the moon?
What is regolith?
What is it called when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on the Earth? (We just experienced one in 2024.)
What is a solar eclipse?