Name That Phase
The moon appears "whole" during this phase.
Full Moon
Eclipse means .....
Blocked Out
This feature makes the moon able to reflect sunlight.
Surface & Light Colored Rocks
The reason why there are so many craters on the moon.
No atmosphere.
The moon creates its own light.
False
Phase when the moon isn't visible.
New Moon
Type of eclipse where the sun gets blocked out.
Solar Eclipse
These features were caused by meteor impacts.
Craters
The moon's size compared to Earth. (In fraction form)
1/4
The moon is over a million miles from Earth.
False: 250,000
Phase when "half" of the moon is illuminated.
Quarter Moon (1st & 3rd/Last Quarter)
These are the more common eclipses visible to most people.
Lunar Eclipses
Dark spots on the moon are known as ________.
Maria
Relative age of the moon.
4.5 billion years
The moon rotates and revolves at the same rate.
True: 27.3 days for each
Phase when more than half of the moon is lit up.
Gibbous
Reason we don't experience eclipses every moon cycle.
Moon's orbital path is tilted.
Maria are dark because they are made of this.
Basalt / Lava Flows
A 600 lbs object on Earth would weigh this on the moon.
100 lbs. Moon's gravity is 1/6th of Earth's gravity
Daytime temperatures on the moon are over 200 degrees fahrenheit.
True: 253 degrees during the day & -451 degrees at night
Phase of the moon just before a New Moon
Waning Crescent
Areas caught in this experience a total solar eclipse.
Umbra (Moon's Shadow)
Which element is NOT found on or in the moon? Calcium, sulfur, iron, aluminum, or zinc
Zinc
This person discovered that there are mountains on the moon.
Galileo
The last person to step foot on the moon did so in 1971.
False: 1972