The Moon
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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| stage of the moon that follows Full Moon | Last Quarter
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| What is Galileo Galilei credited for? | being the first to look at the Moon through a telescope.
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| What did Thomas Harriot make? | The first drawing of the Moon.
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| What are tides created by? | The Sun and Moon's gravity pulling the water from Earth .
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| How can tides be predicted? | The predictability of the Moon's orbit around the Earth.
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| Does the Sun or the Moon have a larger gravitational pull on the Earth? Why? | The Moon, because it is closer to the Earth.
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| What is a neap tide? | The smallest tides of the year.
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| What is a spring tide? | The largest tides of the year.
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| Why is a neap tide small? | It is small because the Sun and Moon's gravity are working against each other and pulling the water in opposite directions.
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| Why is a spring tide large? | It is large because the Sun and Moon's gravity are working together and pulling the water in the same direction.
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| Why is a neap tide small? | It is small because the Sun and Moon's gravity are working against eachother and pulling the water in opposite directions.
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| Why is a spring tide large? |
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| stage of the moon that follows Last Quarter | New Moon
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| stage of the moon that follows New Moon | First Quarter
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| stage of the moon that follows First Quarter | Full Moon
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