Moon Phases & Eclipses
Spring & Neap Tides
Vocabulary
100

Which moon phase occurs when the moon is between the sun and the earth?

New moon

100

What force causes the tides?

Gravity
100

When the earth spins on its axis

Rotate
200

Which moon phase is visible from Earth when the Moon is located at position M1?


New moon

200

Which tide is more extreme and strong? (spring or neap)

Spring

200

When the earth orbits around the sun

Revolve

300

Which 2 diagrams show a lunar and solar eclipse? (tell which is which)

A - Solar eclipse

C - Lunar eclipse

300

Which moon phases cause neap tides?

First Quarter and Last/Third Quarter

300

The periodic rise and fall of the oceans

Tides

400

Which is a lunar eclipse and which is a solar eclipse?

TOP - solar eclipse

BOTTOM - lunar eclipse

400

Is this a spring or a neap tide?

neap (weak rhymes with neap)

400

Why do we only see one side of the moon?

Moons rotation and revolution are the same length