Moon Phases
The phase where we see the entire side of the moon
What is a full moon?
Daily variation in sea level at a shoreline which varies by location.
What are tides?
When the moon completely blocks the sun
The longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is June 21? or
What is the Summer Solstice?
The phase where the moon is not visible
What is a new moon?
Occurs when the Earth, Sun and Moon are in a straight line
What is a spring tide?
When the Earth completely blocks the sunlight going to the moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
The shortest day of the year in the Nothern Hemisphere
What is December 21? or What is the winter solstice?
The phase when we can only see a sliver of the lighted side of the moon?
What is crescent?
Occurs when the moon and sun are at a right angle from one another
What are neap tides?
The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
What is an umbra?
When there are equal daylight and night hours everywhere on Earth
What is an equinox?
The phase of the moon Sunday night
What is full?
The force responsible for tides
What is gravity?
The shadow cast by the earth or moon over an area experiencing a partial eclipse.
What is penumbra?
These are caused by the tilt of the Earth on its axis
What are seasons?
What is the name of the shape of the moon that is nearly full and getting fuller?
What is waxing gibbous?
The body in space most responsible for the tides on Earth
What is the moon?
What is the sun?
This season occurs in the Southern hemisphere when it is Spring in the Northern Hemisphere
What is autumn or fall?