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The Moon Part 2 Satellites & Moon Phases Satellites Part 2 Miscellaneous 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points Moon Phases
The name of Earth’s moon
What is Luna?
The same side of the moon is always seen from Earth. True or False
What is true?
The pulling on the Earth’s oceans by the moon causes what phenomena
What are the tides?
The color of the moon during a lunar eclipse
What is red?
When the sunlit portion of the moon is becoming brighter/bigger
What is the moon is waxing?
When the sunlit portion of the moon is becoming dimmer/smaller
What is the moon is waning?
The length of time it takes the moon to revolve around the Earth
What is 28 days?
A ________ eclipse occurs when the Earth comes b/w the sun & the moon, & Earth’s shadow falls on the moon
What is a lunar eclipse?
Identify the type of eclipse pictured
What is a solar eclipse?
Identify the type of eclipse pictured
What is a lunar eclipse?
Name the moon phase that appears as a half moon before the full moon
What is a first quarter?
Name the moon phase that you cannot see
What is a new moon?
Name the moon phase that appears as a completely lit moon
What is a full moon?
Name the moon phase that appears as a half lit moon after the full moon
What is a last quarter?
What is the name of the moon phase that looks like a banana
What is a crescent moon?
What is the phase of the moon that is an almost a full moon
What is a gibbous moon?
This type of satellite orbits in one location over Earth because it orbits at the same speed as the Earth.
What is a GEO?
What do the letters GEO represent
What is geostationary?
This type of satellite orbits the Earth very rapidly and only a few hundred kilometers above the Earth
What is LEO?
The letters LEO stand for this
What is low earth orbit?
This type of satellite is not made by man
What is a natural satellite?
This type of satellite is made by man and usually has technology on board
What is an artificial satellite?
Asteroids are satellites of the sun. True or False
What is true?
Meteoroids are natural satellites of the Sun. True or False
What is false?
This was the first satellite launched by man
What is Sputnik 1?
The name of the first satellite launched by the United States
What is Explorer1?
The satellite that carried the first living thing into space
What is Sputnik 2?
NASA stands for this
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
Where on the H-R diagram would you find the hottest stars
What is the upper left corner
The brightness of a star is also called this
What is magnitude?
Make your wager
An event in which the moon moves b/w the Sun & the Earth & the moon blocks the light of the Sun
Final Question: What is a solar eclipse?