Movements
Phases
Eclipses
Tides
Bonus
100
What object does the moon orbit?
EARTH
100
When the moon is said to be waxing it is _______ light on the right side
GAINING
100
What moon phase do solar eclipses occur during?
NEW MOON
100
What are tides?
THE RISE AND FALL OF OCEANS
100
What is the force keeping us on Earth?
GRAVITY
200
What direction does the moon orbit?
COUNTERCLOCKWISE
200
If the moon is in third quarter phase, what side of the moon is lit up or visible to us?
LEFT
200
What moon phase do lunar eclipses occur during?
FULL MOON
200
How many tides happen in a day?
FOUR
2 HIGH 2 LOW
200
Which animals living today, are descendants (ancestors) of dinmosaurs?
BIRDS
300
How long does it take the moon to orbit?
ABOUT A MONTH (29 DAYS)
300
Draw me a picture of a waning gibbous.
300
What does eclipse mean?
Hint: What word can we interchange with eclipse?
TO BLOCK OUT
300
What causes tides?
GRAVITATIONAL PULL OF THE MOON AND THE SUN
300
What is the largest animal on Earth?
BLUE WHALE
400
TRUE OR FALSE: the moon rotates and revolves at the same speed
TRUE
400
If the moon, earth and sun are aligned in a 180 degree line, they are said to be in _ _ _ _ _ _
SYZYGY
400
Why do solar eclipses happen?
When can we see them?
THE MOON IS DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE EARTH AND SUN, BLOCKING THE SUNS LIGHT IN THE MOONS SHADOW
DAY TIME
400
What is a spring tide and when do they occur?
THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL OF THE MOON AND SUN IS SO STRONG IT CAUSES THERE TO BE LARGE SHIFTS IN TIDAL CHANGES
(HIGHER HIGH TIDES AND LOWER LOW TIDES)
WHEN THE MOON IS IN FULL MOON OR NEW MOON
400
How many bones does the human adult body have?
206
500
TRUE OR FALSE: The phase of the moon you see depends on how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth.
TRUE
500
What two moon phases does syzygy occur in?
FULL MOON and NEW MOON
500
Why do lunar eclipses happen?
When can we see them?
THE EARTH IS DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE MOON AND SUN, BLOCKING THE LIGHT FROMTHAT PART OF THE EARTH
NIGHT TIME
500
What is a neap tide and when do they occur?
THE GRAVITATIONAL PULLS OF SUN AND MOON CANCEL EACHOTHER OUT CAUSING FOR SMALL SHIFTS IN TIDES
(HIGHER LOW TIDES AND LOWER HIGH TIDES)
DURING 1ST AND 3RD QUARTERS
500
What sea creature has three hearts?
OCTOPUS