Moon Phases
This describes the Moon when the lit portion is increasing each night.
What is waxing?
These dark, flat plains on the Moon’s surface were once thought to be seas.
What are maria?
This can become a shooting star.
What are metoriods?
The Moon block's the Sun's light from reaching Earth during this type of eclipse.
What is solar eclipse?
This is the phase when only a small sliver of the Moon is lit and growing.
What is a waxing crescent?
These round holes all over the Moon's surface were made by space rocks crashing into it.
What are craters?
This causes the tail of a comet to become visible.
This type of eclipse happens when Earth's shadow falls on the Moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
This is the only moon phase when the entire face of the Moon is visible from Earth.
What is a full moon?
The powdery, gray material covering the Moon’s surface that astronauts walked on is called this.
What is regolith?
This has a nucleus, coma, and tail?
What is a comet?
This eclipse should never be looked at directly without proper eye protection.
What is a solar eclipse?
This is the name for the Moon phase when more than half is lit, but it’s shrinking.
What is a waning gibbous?
The lunar highlands are the light areas on the moon that are also called this.
What is terrae?
This one is the largest.
What is an asteroid?
During this eclipse, Earth is between the Sun and the Moon
What is a lunar eclipse?
This is the moon phase when the entire face of the Moon appears invisible.
What is a new moon?
Breccia is the rock found at the bottom of craters and includes these two types of rocks.
What are metamorphic and sedimentary?
Many asteroids are found between Mars and this other planet.
What is Jupiter?
This eclipse can be seen by more people at once because it covers more of Earth’s surface.
What is a lunar eclipse?