Vocabulary
Moon Phases
Earth & Moon
Moon Trivia
Pictures
100
Define phases
What are the different shapes of the moon you see from Earth?
100
When the moon is between the Sun and the Earth, lit side facing the Sun?
What is New Moon?
100
Name the gas planets of the solar system
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
100
Reflection from the sun
Where does the moon get its light?
100
Identify this phase.
What is waxing gibbous?
200
When the moon is getting bigger in the sky?
What is waxing?
(Wax on, wax off)
200
The phase when the sun is positioned behind the Earth and shining fully on the Moon
What is the full moon?
200
Name 2 differences between the Sun and the Earth's physical make up.
What is Earth has an atmosphere and is made up of solid rock and liquid water?
200
The number of phases of the moon
What is 8?
200
Identify this phase.
What is full moon?
300
The total or partial blocking of one object in space by another.
What is an eclipse?
300
Right half of the Moon appears lighted and the left side of the Moon appears dark.
What is first quarter?
300
What is the correct order of the Earth, Moon, and Sun for a total lunar eclipse?
What is Moon, Earth, Sun?
300
Time from new moon to next new moon
29.5 days
300
Identify this phase.
What is 3rd quarter?
400
When the moon is getting smaller
What is waning?
400
Gibbous
What is when the moon is more than half full?
400
2 Factors that cause seasonal changes on Earth
What are Earth's tilted axis and orbit around the Sun?
400
True or false: The moon's reflected light grow from Right to Left.
What is true?
400
Identify this phase.
What is waxing crescent?
500
Difference between equinox and solstice
What is when both hemispheres have equal amount of daylight versus when one has maximum daylight and the other hemisphere has minimum daylight?
500
Crescent
What is when the moon less than half illuminated?
500
The gravitational attraction of the Moon causes which effect on Earth?
What are ocean tides?
500
The number of days that one phase of the moon lasts
What is 3 days?
500
Identify this phase.
What is waning crescent?