Moons Flashcards
(22 cards)
Name the nine phases through which the moon goes?
New moon 🌑 Waxing crescent🌒 First quarter🌓 Waxing gibbous🌔 Full moon🌕 Waning gibbous🌖 Third-quarter🌗 Waxing crescent 🌘 Dark moon🌑
Gibbous?
Lit up part more than dark
Crescent?
Dark more than lit up
Waxing?
Lit up gets bigger
Waning?
Dark part gets bigger
Solar?
Moon between sun and earth
Lunar?
When earth between moon and sun
Eclipse?
When earth between moon and sun.
Asteroid?
Celestial body orbiting sun.
Celestial?
Comes from space
Meteoroid?
Small pieces of adteroid
Meteor?
Enter earth’s atmosphere, but disintegrate
Meteorite?
Reaches earth’s surface
Comet?
Celestial body composed of ice, gas, dust, with tail composed of ice, dust and gas.
Seismograph?
Machine record ground movement of earthquakes to tell energy and speed
Earth crust?
Solid thin layer cover outside of earth
Plate?
Section of earth crust
Magnitude?
Amount of energy released during earthquakes.
Fault zones?
Where tectonic plates collide and slide against each other regulary causing land to be unstable
Seismic waves?
Vibration and movement travel from earthquake fault at very high speeds.
Hypocenter?
Where the earthquake starts below the earth.
Natural disaster?
Unexpected, severe weather event that negatively impact the way people live and their environment.
