Moons Flashcards
1
Q
Name the nine phases through which the moon goes?
A
New moon 🌑 Waxing crescent🌒 First quarter🌓 Waxing gibbous🌔 Full moon🌕 Waning gibbous🌖 Third-quarter🌗 Waxing crescent 🌘 Dark moon🌑
2
Q
Gibbous?
A
Lit up part more than dark
3
Q
Crescent?
A
Dark more than lit up
4
Q
Waxing?
A
Lit up gets bigger
5
Q
Waning?
A
Dark part gets bigger
6
Q
Solar?
A
Moon between sun and earth
7
Q
Lunar?
A
When earth between moon and sun
8
Q
Eclipse?
A
When earth between moon and sun.
9
Q
Asteroid?
A
Celestial body orbiting sun.
10
Q
Celestial?
A
Comes from space
11
Q
Meteoroid?
A
Small pieces of adteroid
12
Q
Meteor?
A
Enter earth’s atmosphere, but disintegrate
13
Q
Meteorite?
A
Reaches earth’s surface
14
Q
Comet?
A
Celestial body composed of ice, gas, dust, with tail composed of ice, dust and gas.
15
Q
Seismograph?
A
Machine record ground movement of earthquakes to tell energy and speed
