Vocabulary
Phases
Phases: Challenge
Features
Similarities/Differences
100
When the lit side of the moon appears to get smaller each day it is called?
Waning
100
Which phase goes on the space labeled with the x?
G
100
If you see a full moon on Monday, what phase will you see about a week later?
3rd quarter
100
How many moons could possibly fit inside the Earth?
4
100
The moon spins on this just like the Earth.
Axis
200
When the lit side of the moon appears to get larger each day it is called?
Waxing
200
Which phases goes in the space marked with an 'X'?
F
200
If Sally sees the Full moon one day, what phase will she see 4 weeks later?
Full moon
200
The moon takes how long to complete one full lunar cycle?
29 1/2 days or 1 month
200
Both the Moon and Earth have this, but the moon has less causing you to weigh less on the moon.
Gravity
300
When something revolves around another object it is considered a what?
Satellite
300
WWhich phases goes in the space with the 'X'
B
300
If it is the New Moon phase, how many weeks until the Full Moon can be seen in the sky?
About 2 weeks
300
It takes the moon about how long to get from one main phase to the next?
A week
300
The Earth goes around the sun. The moon goes around the Earth. This means they both have what type of movement?
Revolution
400
Dark plains created by ancient volcanic activity on the Moons surface are called?
Maria
400
Which phase goes in the space with the 'X'
E
400
Look at the moon journal. On what date would the New Moon phase be?
May 13th, May 14th, May 16th, May 20th
May 16th
400
Not a quiz question: The moon's gravity effects what on Earth.
The Tides
400
The Moon and the Earth both have landforms; however, the moon's landforms never change due to the fact that the moon has no what?
Weather
500
Pie shaped holes that are formed when asteroids or meteors hit a surface are called what?
Craters
500
Which phase goes in the space marked with the 'X'?
C
500
See the moon journal below. Around date would the Waxing gibbous moon be?
June 11th, June 13th, June 18th, June 10th?
June 13th
500
NOT a quiz question: The moon's rotation takes _____________ amount of time compared to its revolution.
Same amount of time
500
Unlike the Earth, the moon has no sound on it since it has no what?
Air