Phases of the Moon Part 1
Phases of the Moon Part 2
Calendars and Eclipses
Phases of the Moon Gizmo
Random
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Occurs when the moon is positioned between the Earth and Sun. You can not see any of the lit up side of the moon because the entire illuminated portion is on the back.
What is a New Moon?
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After the new moon, the sunlit portion increases, but is still less than half.
What is waxing crescent?
100
A full calendar for the Mayan calendar (Mexico)
What is 260 days?
100
This percentage/part of the Moon is always lit up, or illuminated, by the Sun
What is half (50%)?
100
Science Joke: Where do rabbits go after they get married?
What is on a bunny moon!?
200
After the first quarter, the sunlit portion is continuing to increase, but is more than half.
What is waxing gibbous?
200
After the full moon, the light continually decreases.
What is waning gibbous?
200
A full calendar year for the Warren Field calendar (Scotland)
What is 354 days?
200
Seen from the North Pole, this side is illuminated/lit up when the Moon is waning
What is the left side?
200
A lunar month consists of this many days
29.53 days
300
The moon wanes until the light is completely gone.
What is waning crescent?
300
Occurs when the moon is at a 90-degree angle with respect to the Earth and Sun. You can see exactly half the moon illuminated.
What is a first quarter moon?
300
A _____ _________ is based off the moon’s orbit.
What is a lunar calendar?
300
Seen from the North Pole, this side of a waxing Moon is illuminated/lit up
What is the right side?
300
True or False: Lunar eclipses can be seen from anywhere on the dark side of the Earth.
What is true?
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Occurs when the moon is at a 90-degree angle with respect to the Earth and Sun. You can see exactly half the moon illuminated.
What is the third quarter?
400
The earth, moon, and sun are in approximate alignment. The moon is on the opposite side of the Earth, so the sunlit part is facing us. The shadowed portion is completely hidden from view.
What is a full moon?
400
Occurs when the moon exactly blocks the Sun’s rays from hitting the Earth.
What is a solar eclipse?
400
True or False: We always see the same amount of the illuminated side of the Moon from Earth.
What is false?
400
True or False: Solar Eclipses never occur during the new moon phase.
What is false?
500
Is this a first quarter or third quarter moon?
What is first quarter moon?
500
Is this a first quarter or third quarter moon?
What is third quarter moon?
500
Occurs when the Earth is exactly between the Moon and the Sun, so none of the Sun’s rays hit the moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: How does the Moon’s appearance change as the Moon revolves around Earth?
As the Moon revolves around the Earth, it waxes (grows bigger) and wanes (gets smaller).
500
The difference between waxing and waning is...
As we see more of the moon, it is called Waxing. Once the moon reaches its full phase, we begin seeing less of it, known as Waning.