Moon phases, Seasons, and Tides

What phase comes BEFORE this one?

• Full Moon
• Third Quarter
• New Moon
• First Quarter

What causes the moon's phases

• Where you are standing on Earth
• the amt of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun
• The tilt of Earth
• how fast the moon is moving

Approximately how much time passes between the new moon and full moon?

• one month
• two weeks
• 3 days
• 24 hours

The bulge of water on the side of the Earth closest to the moon produces ___________.

• high tide
• low tide
• neap tide
• spring tide

Name the moon phase

• Waxing Gibbous
• Waxing Crescent
• Waning Crescent
• Waning Gibbous

What phase comes BEFORE this one?

• Waxing Crescent
• Waxing Gibbous
• Waning Gibbous
• Waning Crescent

Name the moon phase

• Waning Crescent
• Waxing Crescent
• Waning Gibbous
• Waxing Gibbous

What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

• It is summer.
• It is spring.
• It is winter.
• It is fall.

What is a high tide?

• Sea pulled TOWARD the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon

• Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is FARTHEST to the moon

• Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon

What phase comes BEFORE this one?

• New Moon
• Third Quarter
• Waxing Crescent
• Full Moon