Earth, Sun, and Moon🌑🌓🌔🌕🌙🌒🌖🌗🌘🌚🌜

Question 1

A natural or artificial body that orbits a planet.

Answer 1

Satellite

Question 2

Earth’s only natural satellite “Luna”

• Diameter=_______
• Mass=________
• Gravity=________

Answer 2

Moon

• 1/4 of Earth’s
• 1% of Earth’s Mass
• 1% of Earth’s Gravity

Question 3

A loose layer of fine rock and dust covering moon from meteorite impacts.

Answer 3

Lunar Regolith

Question 4

Circular impact areas caused by numerous meteorite strikes.

Answer 4

Craters

Question 5

Dark regions of lowland plain of hardened lava. “Sea”

Answer 5

Mare

Question 6

Deep channels of cracked crust running through moon’s maria.

Answer 6

Rilles

Question 7

Point in which the orbit of a body is farthest from one of its foci(Earth).
-_______km away from Earth

Answer 7

Apogee

-406,000

Question 8

Point in which the orbit of a body is closest to one of its foci(Earth).
-_______km

Answer 8

Perigee

-365,000

Question 9

Visible shapes of the moon caused by reflected light and Earth’s shadow.
-1 cycle of them=_______

Answer 9

Phases

-29.5 days

Question 10

Phase where moon is between Earth and Sun and so cannot be seen.🌑

Answer 10

New Moon

Question 11

Phase where moon is on opposite side of Earth from Sun and so is a full circle. 🌕

Answer 11

Full Moon

Question 12

Phase where moon is at right angle to Earth and Sun.🌓🌗

Answer 12

Quarter Moon

Question 13

Phase Where moon is between New Moon and Quarter Moon Phases and only a small sliver can be seen.🌒🌘

Answer 13

Crescent Moon

Question 14

Phase where moon is between Full Moon and Quarter Moon Phases so 2/3 of moon can be seen.🌔🌖

Answer 14

Gibbous Moon

Question 15

All phases of the moon where the visible portion of the moon is growing.🌑🌒🌓🌔🌔

Answer 15

Waxing

Question 16

All phases of moon where the visible portion is shrinking. 🌕🌖🌗🌘

Answer 16

Waning

Question 17

The casting of a shadow of one celestial body on the surface of another.

Answer 17

Eclipse

Question 18

The casting of the moon’s shadow on the surface of the Earth.

Answer 18

Solar Eclipse

Question 19

The dark central portion of the shadow which completely blocks out the sun’s light.

Answer 19

Umbra

Question 20

An area of partially blocked light surrounding the umbra.

Answer 20

penumbra

Question 21

A Solar Eclipse during which the outer ring of the sun is visible around the moon.

Answer 21

Annular Eclipse

Question 22

The casting of earth’s shadow on the surface of the Moon.

• Last ____ _____ because of size of Earth’s shadow.
• Fewer of these than _____ _____ , but more people experience these.

Answer 22

Lunar Eclipse

• Several, Hours
• Solar Eclipse