Moon Information
True or False?
The moon has dark spots or seas called
lunar spots, lunar mare, lunar volcanoes
lunar mare
How are craters formed?
Craters are formed by asteroid/meteorite impacts
How long does it take for the moon to revolve around the Earth?
365 days, 27.3 days, 24 hours
27.3 Days
What phase of the moon comes after the first quarter or half moon?
the waxing gibbous moon
Why are there still footprints on the moon?
There is no wind to remove them
Why does the moon sometimes appear bigger than the sun?
Bonus points: The moon is how many times smaller than the sun?
Because it is closer.
400x
What color is the moon?
gray
True of false: The moon rotates on its axis once every year?
False, it rotates once on its axis every month
What phase of the moon comes after the new moon?
the waxing crescent moon
What phase is it when the Moon is dark at night?
New Moon
Does the moon change shapes? Explain
It goes through phases because of the suns' light reflecting on it.
Name an astronaut who walked on the moon
Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Pete Conrad, Alan Bean
Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John Young, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt
How many moon cycles are there in 1 year
12
What is a name for the phases of the moon over a month long time?
lunar cycle orbit pattern
lunar cycle
When you see the entire moon illuminated it's called
Full Moon
Why is the moon hot during the day and very cold at night?
It has no atmosphere or it is closer to the sun
It has no atmosphere
The moon has oxygen on it true or false?
false
True or False: We only see one side of the moon?
True you can never see the other side of the moon from earth
What phase of the moon comes after the full moon?
the waning gibbous moon
How does the moon affect the ocean?
It creates high and low tide sometimes called tidal waves
How long does it take to go through all the phases of the moon?
1 month
The moon has an inner core made of
rock, molten iron, water, craters
molten iron
There are _____phases of the moon rotation. Which phase is missing below?
new, waxing crescent, half, waxing gibbous
full, waning gibbous, waning crescent ?
8 phases
half or quarter
What is a little less than half a moon called?
Crescent
How much bigger is the earth compared to the moon?
4x 40x 400x 4,000,000
4x