When sea levels rise above average height it is known as....
High tide
What is the Sixth Phase of the Moon Phases?
Waning Gibbous
What is the difference between the umbra and the penumbra?
The umbra is the darker part of the Earth's shadow and the penumbra is the lighter part of the shadow.
What is the positions of the Sun, Earth and the moon during a solar eclipse (IN ORDER)?
Earth-Moon-Sun
How many tides occur each day (24 hours)?
4
Why does the Moon have a greater tidal effect than the Sun?
It is closer to Earth.
What does waxing mean?
increasing or growing
What Moon Phase is this? (Before the Full Moon) 
Waxing Crescent
Which eclipse is it when at just the right moment, the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth.
Solar Eclipse
What is the main cause of tides?
The moon's gravitational pull.
What Phases of the Moon have neap tides
First Quarter and third Quarter
What is the Final Phase of the Moon Phases?
Waning Crescent
A waning gibbous moon is between which two phases?
Full moon and third quarter
Which eclipse is it when Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow on the Moon.
Lunar Eclipse
How many high tides and low tides are there every day? (How many of each)
2 high tides and 2 low tides
What moon phases will have spring tides
New and Full Moon
What Phase is this (this is after the full moon)

Waning crescent
How many days does it take the moon to complete one revolution around the Earth?
27.3 days
Which eclipse is this
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Solar Eclipse
What phases of the moon cause neap tides?
first and last quarters
What kind of tide will happen during a lunar eclipse
Spring tide
What will the moon look like to us when it is half way between a new moon and a full moon? Draw your answer and remember to draw what you DON'T see.
First Quarter

How long does it take the moon to travel from new moon to new moon?
29.5 days
Which Eclipse is this?

Lunar Eclipse
You can see the difference between high and low tides. This difference is called the _____.
Tidal range