chapter 29.3

Question 1

a rise or a fall in the ocean

Answer 1

tide

Question 2

what is it called when the moon changes appearance seen from the Earth?

Answer 2

moon phase

Question 3

what is it called when the moon moves directly between the sun and Earth and casts a shadow on Earth?

Answer 3

solar eclipse

Question 4

what is it called when Earth passes between the sun and the Moon and casts a shadow on the Moon?

Answer 4

lunar eclipse

Question 5

what are the dark-colored flat lava-filled region on the moon’s surface?

Answer 5

Marian

Question 6

what is a layer of dusty lunar material produced by collisions between asteroids and comets and the moon?

Answer 6

Regolith

Question 7

how many days does it take the moon to revolve around the Earth?

Answer 7

27.3 days

Question 8

a complete lunar phase cycle takes 29.5 days what is it called ?

Answer 8

synodic month

Question 9

do we ever see the back side of the moon?

Answer 9

no

Question 10

what cause a tide to rise or fall?

Answer 10

gravitational pulls form the moon and the sun

Question 11

what is the rise of sea level called?

Answer 11

high tide

Question 12

after the sea level rises how many hours does it take for the sea level drop?

Answer 12

six hours later

Question 13

which is father from the Earth, the sun , or the moon?

Answer 13

sun

Question 14

does the moon or the sun cause a greater effect on Earth’s tides ?

Answer 14

moon

Question 15

how does the sun the Earth and the moon aligned for a spring tide?

Answer 15

they are aligned in a straight line

Question 16

how does the sun , the Earth and the moon aligned for a neap tide?

Answer 16

in an 90 degree angle or L shape

Question 17

what does the phase of the moon you see depend on?

Answer 17

the positions of the moon earth and sun relative to one another

Question 18

when does a new moon occur?

Answer 18

when the moon is between the Earth and the sun

Question 19

how many phases of the moon are there?

Answer 19

8

Question 20

what is the definition of waxing phases?

Answer 20

the illuminated portion that we see appears larger each night

Question 21

what id the definition of waning phases?

Answer 21

the illuminated portion that we see begins to appear smaller

Question 22

what are the moon phases names?

Answer 22

new moon
waxing crescent 
1st quarter 
waxing gibbous
full moon 
waning gibbous 
3rd quarter 
waning crescent

Question 23

where is the word month derived from?

Answer 23

same root word as moon

Question 24

How is the Earth, moon, and sun aligned during a solar eclipse?

Answer 24

sun,moon, earth

Question 25

what is an umbra?

Answer 25

the shadow

Question 26

what is a penumbra?

Answer 26

you would be in the lighter shadow

Question 27

how is the earth aligned during the lunar eclipse?

Answer 27

sun earth moon

Question 28

how are the depressions on the moon formed?

Answer 28

meteorites asteroids comets

Question 29

are there mountains on the moon?

Answer 29

yes

Question 30

which side of the moon is thicker?

Answer 30

far side the one that is not facing earth

Question 31

is the mantle of the moon a solid or a liquid?

Answer 31

solid

Question 32

what did the Clementine spacecraft do?(2 things)

Answer 32

confirmed the thickness side of the moon | provided info on the mineral content of moons rock

Question 33

what did the Lunar prospector do? (3 things)

Answer 33

took photographs of the lunar surface confirmed the moon has small iron-rich core collected evidence that supports the present of water-ice on the moon

Question 34

what is the Giant Impact Theory?

Answer 34

state that a mars size object collided with Earth and when this happened debris was kicked into orbit and created the Moon