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Moon-Tide-seasons
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| New Moon | Moon is almost directly between the sun and Earth (start of cycle) |
| Waxing Crescent Moon | A bit of the sunlit side of the moon shows on the right side |
| First Quarter Moon | The moon is a quarter of its way around the Earth .When half the moon is lit on the right side. |
| Waxing Gibbous Moon | The moon is iincreasing in light between a first qtr moon and a full moon |
| Full moon | 2 weeks have passed since the new moon. We see the entire face on the moon shining. Earth is between the sun and the moon. |
| waning gibbous moon | The moon is decreasing in light bwtn a full moon and a last qtr moon |
| last qtr moon | The moon is 3/4 of its way around Earth. it is in its last qtr phase. When half of the moon is lit on the left side. |
| waning crescent moon | A bit of the waning sunlit side of the moon shows on the left side |
| Lunar Cycle | The appearance of the moon as it makes a full revolution around the Earth - 28 days |
| Crescent | A small sliver of light. Looks like a crescent roll. |
| Waning | The light is shrinking or getting smaller from the left. |
| Gibbous | When most of the moon is illuminated but not quite as full. "So big" |
| Waxing | When the light is "growing" from the right. Getting bigger |
| neap tide | A tide of minimum range (less than average) that occurs during the first and third quarters of the moon. |
| spring tide | a tide of increased range that occurs two times per month; at the new and full moons. |
| tidal range | the difference in levels of ocean water at high and low tide. |
| tide | the periodic rise and fall of the water level in the oceans and other large bodies of water. the way the waves move. controlled by the moon |
| eclipse | an event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on another. |
| satellite | a natural or artificial body that revolves around a planet |
| season | a division of the year that is characterized by recurring weather conditions, and determined by both Earth's tilt relative to the sun and Earth's position in its orbit around the sun |
| lunar eclipse | when the moon is completely blocked from the sun by earths shadow. |
| solar eclipse | when the moon is casting a shadow on earth |
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KallyEvans
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