Moon Phases
The Moon rotates on its _____ and revolves around this planet
What is axis and Earth?
The moon seems to shine because it reflects this
What is sunlight?
There are this many phases of the moon
What is 8?
During the First Quarter Moon, the right half appears ____ and the left side appears _____
What is lighted and dark?
Third/Last Quarter Moon is where the ____ side of the Moon is lighted and the _____ side of the Moon is dark
What is left and right?
The Moon's revolution around Earth is responsible for the _____ in its appearance
What is changes?
The name of the first person to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
New Moon phase - the lighted side of the Moon faces ____ from the Earth
What is away?
This amount of Moons Can Fit In The Earth.
What is 50?
Waning Crescent Moon is seen after the phase and before this phase
What is Last Quarter Moon and New Moon?
The Moon's rotation takes this many days
What is 27.3?
The year the first humans landed on the moon.
What is 1969?
Because the moon rotates at the exact same speed that it orbits Earth, we always see the same side
What is tidal locking?
Full Moon is where the lighted side faces the Earth with the Earth where with the Sun and Moon
What is the middle?
The diameter of the Moon is the same distance between these two US cities.
What is New York City to Phoeniz, AZ?
The same side of the Moon always _____ Earth
What is faces?
A complete cycle of moon phases takes this many days
What is 29.5 days?
Waxing means this
What is increasing or growing larger?
Waning means this
What is decreasing or smaller?
The length of time it takes to travel to the Moon?
What is 3-4 days?
The Moon's rotation is the same amount of time it takes to revolve around this planet
What is Earth?
The gravitational pull of the moon compared to Earth?
What is 1/6th?
Waxing crescent moon can be seen after this phase and before this phase
What is New Moon and First Quarter Moon?
Waning Gibbous Moon is seen after this phase and before this phase
What is the Full Moon and before the Last Quarter Moon?
When the Moon casts a shadow on the Earth causing the sun to go dark is this type of eclipse
What is solar?