CH 29.3

Question 1

How many days does it take the moon to revolve around?

Answer 1

27.3 days

Question 2

A complete lunar phase cycle takes 29.5 days, what is this called?

Answer 2

29.5 days and called a synodic month

Question 3

Do we ever see the back side of the moon?

Answer 3

NO

Question 4

What causes a tide to rise or fall?

Answer 4

the gravitational pulls of the sun and the moon.

Question 5

What is the rise of sea level called?

Answer 5

High tide

Question 6

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

Answer 6

About 6 hours

Question 7

Which is farther from Earth, the sun or the moon?

Answer 7

The sun

Question 8

Does the moon or the sun cause a greater effect on Earths tides?

Answer 8

The moon

Question 9

How are the sun, the earth and the moon aligned for a spring tide?

Answer 9

The sun the earth and the moon are in a straight line.

Question 10

How are the sun the earth and the moon aligned for a neap tide?

Answer 10

an L

Question 11

What does the phrase of the moon you see depend on?

Answer 11

The phase you see depends on the positions of the moon.

Question 12

When does a new moon occur?

Question 13

How many phases of the moon are there?

Answer 13

8

Question 14

What is the definition of waxing phases?

Answer 14

The illuminated portion that we see appears

Question 15

What is the definition of waning phases?

Answer 15

The waning crescent occurs before another new moon.

Question 16

What are the moon phase names?

Answer 16

New, waxing crescent, 1st quarter, waxing gibbous, full, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter, waning crescent,

Question 17

Where is the word month derived from?

Answer 17

From the same root word as Moon.

Question 18

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

Answer 18

aligned in a straight line.

Question 19

What is an umbra?

Question 20

What is a penumbra?

Question 21

How is the earth, moon and sun aligned during a lunar eclipse?

Question 22

How are the depressions on the moon formed?

Answer 22

By meteorites, asteroids, and comets which strike the surfaces of planets and their satellites.

Question 23

Are there mountains on the moon?

Question 24

Which side of the moon is thicker?

Answer 24

the back side.

Question 25

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

Answer 25

A solid

Question 26

What did the Clementine spacecraft do?

Answer 26

Confirmed that the crust on the side facing Earth is much thinner than the

Question 27

What did the lunar prospector do?

Answer 27

orbited the moon, Taking photographs of the lunar surface.

Question 28

What is the giant impact theory?

Answer 28

Gas and other debris were throw into orbit.

The remainder condensed into a large mass, forming the moon.