The Moon
This is the moon phase that occurs after a new moon.
What is a waxing crescent?
These two celestial bodies are responsible for creating the tides on Earth.
What are the moon and the sun?
What is the turtle?
This is the term for a dangerous current that can develop near shore and carry objects, or people, into deep water.
What are riptides?
This is the term for areas that see little to no difference between water levels at high and low tide.
What are tidal nodes?
This word, based off of the Latin root for "Moon", refers to a state of wild foolishness or temporary insanity.
What is lunacy?
This is the term for the more extreme tides that occur when the moon and sun are in alignment with the Earth.
What are spring tides?
The amount of time it takes the moon to complete one phase cycle.
What is 29.5 days?
The symptoms of this disease are likely the origins of the werewolf myth.
What is rabies?
This type of event caused the formation of the moon, as well as the 23.5 degree tilt of the Earth.
What is a cosmic collision?
This is the country with the most extreme tidal changes on the planet.
What is Canada?
During this phase of the moon, nocturnal predators lost their advantage.
What is the full moon?
This is the type of animal that is typically associated with the face of the moon in Japan.
What is a rabbit?
The distance between the Earth and the Moon (in miles).
What is 238,900 miles?
What are igneous rocks?
Crabs, starfish, and some seaweeds fall under this category of creatures that have unique adaptations which allow them to live in harsh tidal environments.
What are intertidal organisms?
This is the word for a calendar that factors in both the moon phases and the solar year.
What is the Lunisolar Calendar?
This is the approximate age of the moon.
This is the term for the more mild tides that occur during the first and third quarter moons, due to the moon's positioning out of alignment with the Earth and Sun.
What are neap tides?
These are the two calendars that are based solely on the lunar cycle. (name one)
What are the Islamic and Javanese calendars?