Moon Test

Question 1

What happens between 2 layers (aka “a pause”)

Answer 1

Temps. Level off in the middle of 2 layers

Question 2

Define…
Meteor-
Meteoroid-
Meteorite-

Answer 2

Meteor - the part that burns (after meteoroid)
Meteoroid - (Umbrella Term) All the rock/metal in the mesosphere
Meteorite - The particle of rock/metal that hits Earth

Question 3

Name variable gases -

Answer 3

CO2, Ozone (O3), H20

Question 4

What layers is temp up altitude up?

Answer 4

Thermosphere & Stratosphere

Question 5

1. What cause Auroras to glow green?
2. What cause Auroras to bluish/purplish?

Answer 5

1. Excited Oxygen Cells
2. Excited Nitrogen Cells

Question 6

How are Auroras created?

Answer 6

When ions & particles mix with solar wind and then hits the magnetosphere and travels along field lines.

Question 7

Say the phases of the moon starting at full moon.

Answer 7

Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, 3rd Quarter, Waning Crescent, New Moon, Waxing Crescent, 1st Quarter, Waxing Gibbous.

Question 8

What percentage of the moon is lit by the sun?

Answer 8

50%

Question 9

Which side of the moon do we see as it passes from a new moon to a quarter moon?

Answer 9

Right Side

Question 10

Waxing Moon

Answer 10

When the moon is getting bigger/filling in - happens for 2 weeks

Question 11

Waning Moon

Answer 11

When the moon is “shrinking” - happens for 2 weeks

Question 12

Crescent

Answer 12

A sliver of light is shining

Question 13

Gibbous

Answer 13

A big moon - when a moon is more than half way full

Question 14

Terminator

Answer 14

The line that separates the light side from the shaded side of the moon

Question 15

New Moon

Answer 15

The phase where you can’t see the moon

Question 16

Solar Eclipse

Answer 16

Sun being blocked by the moon - new moon

Question 17

Lunar Eclipse

Answer 17

Moon being blocked by the Earth - Full Moon

Question 18

Mare

Answer 18

The dark depressions of the moon - volcanic

Question 19

Path of Totality

Answer 19

The moon’s shadow’s path traced on Earth during the total solar eclipse

Question 20

Annular Eclipse

Answer 20

When the sun shows a ring of light around the moon - happens in perigee

Question 21

Umbra

Answer 21

Darkest part of an eclipse’s shadow

Question 22

Penumbra

Answer 22

A shadow created by an eclipse where it is partially shaded

Question 23

Perigee

Answer 23

When Earth and moon are closest - solar eclipse

Question 24

Apogee

Answer 24

When the Earth and moon are farthest - Lunar Eclipse

Question 25

Neap Tide

Answer 25

Happens on quarter moons when the tidal range is the lowest

Question 26

Spring Tide

Answer 26

Happens when it is full of new moon and has the greatest tidal range

Question 27

Tidal Range

Answer 27

The difference between a high and low tide

Question 28

Liberation

Answer 28

The moons wobble from left to right

Question 29

Why does Lunar Eclipse happen more often?

Answer 29

1. Lasts Longer 2. Bigger Shadow 3. More people are experiencing night time

Question 30

Why does the surface of the moon and Earth look so different?

Answer 30

1. The moon has no atmosphere protecting it from pummel and radiation 2. No troposphere therefore no weather 3. No troposphere therefore no rain