Moon phases, Eclipses, and Tides
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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| show | None of the moon is visible.
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| show | Exactly half of the Earth-facing moon is visible. The visible part of the moon is growing
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| Full Moon | show 🗑
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| Third Quarter | show 🗑
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| show | The visible moon is getting smaller
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| show | The visible moon is getting larger
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| Gibbous | show 🗑
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| Crescent | show 🗑
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| show | The moon passes through the Earth’s shadow. The order is sun, Earth, moon
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| show | The moon moves between the sun and the Earth. The order is sun, Earth, moon
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| show | The outer part of the sun that is only visible during a solar eclipse
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| Gravity | show 🗑
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| Tides | show 🗑
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| High Tides | show 🗑
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| Low Tides | show 🗑
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| show | Tides that have the smallest daily tidal range. They happen when the sun, Earth, and moon form a 90 degree angle.
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| Spring Tide | show 🗑
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| show | Less than half of the left side of the moon's circle is lit. The lighted part is growing smaller.
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| show | Less than half of the right side of the moon's circle is lit. The lighted part is growing larger.
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| show | More than half of the right half of the moon's circle is lit, but the moon is still less than full.
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| show | The moon's left side is less than full but more than a quarter.
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| show | The dark inner shadow of an object where the light is totally blocked
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| Penumbra | show 🗑
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