Exam- Moon

Question 1

Earth tilt is

Answer 1

23 1/2 degrees

Question 2

Summer solstice

Answer 2

June 21

Question 3

66 1/2 S

Answer 3

Antarctic circle

Question 4

Dates for Equinox

Answer 4

3/21 and 9/21

Question 5

Winter solstice

Answer 5

12/21

Question 6

Where moon is directly over on March 21

Answer 6

Equator

Question 7

Time of moon rise tomorrow if moon rise today is 10:00

Answer 7

10:50

Question 8

Another word for rotation

Answer 8

Spinning

Question 9

Length of moon revolution

Answer 9

27 1/3 days

Question 10

Amount of moon that is always lit up

Answer 10

Half

Question 11

Another word for revolution

Answer 11

Orbit

Question 12

Longest daylight day where we live

Answer 12

June 21

Question 13

Tilt of moons orbit around earth

Answer 13

5 degrees

Question 14

Cause of day and night

Answer 14

Earth’s rotation

Question 15

Length of lunar cycle

Answer 15

29 1/2 days

Question 16

Length of moon rotation

Answer 16

27 1/3 days

Question 17

Moon light increasing

Answer 17

Waxing

Question 18

Moon light decreasing

Answer 18

Waning

Question 19

Why we always see the same side of the moon

Answer 19

Because moons revolution and rotation we the same rate

Question 20

The moon revolves around the earth from _______ to ________

Answer 20

East to west

Question 21

What cause the rising and seting of the moon

Answer 21

The earth rotating

Question 22

What is earthshine

Answer 22

Sunlight glowing off of the earth causeibg is to see the non light up part of the moon

Question 23

At what two phases does earthshine occur

Answer 23

Waxing and waning crescent

Question 24

What direction does the earth revolve around the sun

Answer 24

Counterclockwise

Question 25

What are the two parts of the shadow

Answer 25

Umbra-darkest | Penumbra-less dark

Question 26

Lunar eclipse

Answer 26

Occurs when the moon passes through the earth's shadow

Question 27

Solar eclipse

Answer 27

Occurs when the moon casts a shadow on the earth's surface

Question 28

Spring tides

Answer 28

High tides are extra high Low tides are extra low Occur during new and full moons

Question 29

Neap tides

Answer 29

High tides are lower Low tides are higher Occurs during 1st and 3rd quarter

Question 30

Order of moon phases

Answer 30

- new moon - waxing crescent - first quarter - waxing gibbous - full moon - waning gibbous - third quarter - waning crescent

Question 31

Waxing ______ side | Waning ______ side

Answer 31

Right | Left

Question 32

23 1/2N

Answer 32

Tropic of Cancer

Question 33

23 1/2 S

Answer 33

Tropic of Capricorn

Question 34

Sunrise is caused by

Answer 34

The earth's rotation

Question 35

Moon rise varies because

Answer 35

The moon orbits while the earth rotates

Question 36

The fact that the moon orbits 13° per day account for the fact that

Answer 36

The moon rises 50 minutes later each day