moon quiz

Question 0

Who was the first person to step on the moon?

Answer 0

Neil Armstrong

Question 1

What was the first object in space to be explored by humans?

Answer 1

The moon.

Question 2

What are the phases of the moon?

Answer 2

New moon, waxing crescent, 1st quarter, waxing

gibbous, full, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter and waning crescent.

Question 3

What is the difference between waxing and waning?

Answer 3

Waxing means that there is more of the moon lit up and Waning means that there is less of the moon being lit up.

Question 4

What phases are the crescent bigger and smaller than?

Answer 4

he crescent is bigger than a new moon but smaller than a quarter moon.

Question 5

What phases are a gibbous bigger and smaller than?

Answer 5

A gibbous is bigger than a quarter moon but les than a full moon.

Question 6

how long does it take for the moon to go through all its phases and rotate once around the earth?

Answer 6

It takes about 29.5 days.

Question 7

Is half of the moon always lit up? Why or why not?

Answer 7

Yes, because it could be the side facing the Earth or the side facing the sun.

Question 8

When does the new moon rise?

Answer 8

The new moon rises with the sun.

Question 9

When does the full moon rise?

Answer 9

The full moon rises when the sun sets.

Question 10

Which phase does a lunar eclipse happen?

Answer 10

A lunar eclipse happens when there is a full moon.

Question 11

What phase does a solar eclipse happen?

Answer 11

A solar eclipse happens when there is a new moon.

Question 12

What are dark patches on the moon called?

Answer 12

They are called Maria.

Question 13

Why does the moon seem larger than stars that are thpusands of times bigger than it?

Answer 13

The moon looks bigger because it is closer.

Question 14

Why are there no clouds o the moon?

Answer 14

There aren’t any clouds on the moon because there isn’t any liquid water and there isn’t any atmosphere. Clouds need moisture and rising air to form.

Question 15

Why can the moon have very cold and very warm temperatures?

Answer 15

The moon can have huge differences in its temperatures because the moon doesn’t have an atmosphere to move the heat around or contain the heat.

Question 16

How much of Earth’s gravity is the moons?

Answer 16

The moon has 1/6 of Earth’s gravity.

Question 17

When can you see stars from the moon?

Answer 17

You can see stars anytime on the moon because there is no atmosphere to scatter the light so it is always dark.

Question 18

Why is the sky always black on the moon?

Answer 18

The sky is always black on the moon because there i no atmosphere to scatter the light.

Question 19

What are natural satellites?

Answer 19

Moons

Question 20

Which 2 planets don’t have moons?

Answer 20

Mercury and Venus.

Question 21

What does the moons gravity affect on Earth?

Answer 21

the tides

Question 22

Why is the moons gravity 1/6 of the Earth’s gravity?

Answer 22

The moon has less mass than the Earth.

Question 23

What does the word luna mean?

Answer 23

It means moon.

Question 24

What does Maria mean?

Answer 24

It means sea in Latin.

Question 25

What shape does the moon obit in?

Answer 25

The moon has an elliptical (oval) orbit.

Question 26

How does the moon “light up”?

Answer 26

It reflects the suns light.

Question 27

What is the difference between what happens on the moon and on the earth when a meteor hits?

Answer 27

On earth the meteor usually disintegrates when going through the atmosphere. On the moon the meteor hits the moon and makes a crater in the moons surface.