Test 2 (Lessons 5, 6, & 7)
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| What is a moon phase? | The lit part of the moon that is visible from Earth.
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| lunar eclipse | When the Earth comes directly between the sun and the FULL moon. ( Sun > Earth > FULL Moon)
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| solar eclipse | When the NEW moon comes directly between the sun and the Earth. (Sun > NEW moon > Earth)
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| What you see when the moon is in the full moon phase | The moon appears fully lit by the sun's reflected light.
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| What is the order of the Earth, sun, and moon during a solar eclipse? | Sun > NEW moon > Earth
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| What you see when the moon is in the new moon phase | You aren't able to see the moon
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| What is the order of the Earth, sun, and moon during a lunar eclipse? | Sun > Earth > FULL moon
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| What is happening during a lunar eclipse? | Earth comes between the sun and the moon. Earth's shadow falls on the moon.
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| What is happening during a solar eclipse? | The new moon comes directly between the sun and Earth blocking our view of the sun.
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| Why does the moon have light? | It's the sun's reflection on the moon.
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| This word means when the moon phase is greater than half. | Gibbous
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| This means to “grow smaller” | waning
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| This word means when the moon phase is less than half. | crescent
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| This means “to grow larger” | waxing
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| How does the moon affect high tides? | The moon's gravitational pull causes the tides.
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| How many high tides are there each day? | 2 high tides
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| During what moon phases do we experience the highest of the high tides? What is the reason for this? | During the full or new moon because the sun and moon act together to create a larger tide.
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| During what moon phases do we experience the lowest of the low tides? What is the reason for this? | During quarter moons when the sun, moon, and Earth are at right angles to each other
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| Neap tide (low tide) | When the sun, moon, and Earth form a right angle during the 1st and 3rd quarter moons.
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| Spring tide (high tide) | When the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned during a full or new moon.
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| tide | The rise and fall of the Earth's oceans caused by the moon's gravitational pull.
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| gravity | A force where one object pulls on another object.
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| gravitational pull | The force of gravity that pulls objects toward one another.
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