Miscellaneous
The number of days in a complete lunar cycle.
What is 28 days?
The Earth's tilt and its position in it's revolution.
What is the reason we have seasons?
The moon phase that we cannot see.
What is a new moon?
7 days.
What is the number of days between each of the main moon phases?
New and Full Moon
What are the moon phases that occur during a spring tide?
The Summer Solstice and the Winter Solstice.
What are the longest day and shortest day of the year?
The season that the Northern Hemisphere will experience when tilted away from the Sun.
What is winter?
The name for a moon phase that is more than half but less than full.
What is a gibbous?
If third quarter is on August 16th, the moon phase on August 9th.
What is a full moon?
The number of high and low tides that occur each day
What is 2?
The reason we can see the moon at night.
What is reflected sunlight off the surface of the moon?
The season in which the sun is low in the sky and the hemisphere experiences indirect light.
What is winter?
The name for a moon phase that is less than half but more than none.
What is a crescent?
The amount of time that passes from a waxing crescent to a waning crescent.
What is 3 weeks?
First and Third Quarter
What are the moon phases that occur during a neap tide?
The days on which there is equal amounts of day and night.
What are the Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes?
The season in which the sun is high in the sky and the hemisphere experiences direct light.
What is summer?
The part of the lunar cycle where light is shrinking on the left.
What is waning?
If third quarter is on August 16th, the moon phase on August 27th.
What is waxing crescent?
When the moon and Sun's gravity are working against each other on the Earth.
What is a neap tide?
The effect if the Earth's tilt increased.
What is seasons would become more extreme?
The season that the southern hemisphere will experience between these times:
-When the Earth is tilted away from the Sun and when the Earth is tilted towards the Sun.
What is spring?
The part of the lunar cycle where light is growing on the right.
What is waxing?
If a third quarter moon is on August 16th, the date in August for a First Quarter Moon.
What is August 2nd?
When the moon and Sun's gravity are working together to pull on the Earth.
What is a spring tide?