Moon Phases
How long does it take for the lunar cycle to go through all the phases and begin again?
What is 29 days
What causes a solar eclipse?
When the moon is between the Earth and sun and it casts a shadow on the Earth
What do we call the lowest low tides and what two moon phases give us these tides?
Neap Tides
1st quarter moon
Last quarter moon
What is the one thing we change in an experiment?
Independent Variable
A natural or artificial object that orbits another in space
satellite
What does waxing mean? What does waning mean?
Waxing is growing light, waning is losing light
What causes a lunar eclipse?
When the Earth gets in between the Sun and moon, and casts a shadow on the Moon.
How much of the moon always has light? Hint: Think of the moon lab
Half
What is the thing I observe?
Dependent variable
This space organization was started in 1958
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
What is the first moon of the lunar cycle called?
New Moon
What causes tides?
The pull of the moon's gravity.
What moon phase can have a solar eclipse?
New Moon
What I keep the same in an experiment is called the
control variable
You know that the moon is always half in light and half in dark, so why does the moon appear to change shape each night?
Our point of view from Earth. The angle at which we see the moon as it moves across the sky.
Why do we NOT have solar and lunar eclipses every month?
Because the moon's orbit is titled, usually its shadow misses the Earth.
What causes high tide and low tide each day?
High tide is when the moon is directly over that part of the ocean, low tide is when the moon has moved away from that part of the ocean.
What moon phase can have a lunar eclipse?
full moon
The dark, low spots, or craters on the moon are called
Maria
What was the name of the mission to the moon, and in what year did they land on the moon?
Apollo 11
1969
How does the moon appear in a lunar eclipse?
What do we call the highest high tides and what two moon phases can give us these tides?
Spring tides
New Moon
Full Moon
The Umbra
Another word for "Of or relating to the moon"
Lunar
Name the three men who went on the mission to the moon
(Neil) Armstrong
(Michael) Collins
(Buzz) Aldrin