The Moon FINAL

A lunar eclipse can occur only during the _________________.

• Full moon
• New moon
• Waxing gibbous 
• Waning crescent

A solar eclipse can occur only during the _________________.

• Full moon
• New moon
• Quarter moon
• Waning moon

Which type of eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between Earth and the Sun?

• Lunar eclipse

• Solar eclipse

• No eclipse occurs

• Tide Eclipse

Which type of eclipse occurs when the Earth comes directly between the Sun and Moon?

• Lunar eclipse

• Solar eclipse

• No eclipse occurs

• Blue Moon Eclipse

Tides are caused mainly by what?

• Moon’s gravitational pull
• Sun’s gravitational pull
• Earth’s gravitational pull
• Orbit of Earth around the sun

What type of tide occurs during a new and full moon?

• Neap tides
• Spring tides
• Normal tides
• High tides

What type of tide occurs during the first or third quarter moon?

• Neap tides
• Spring tides
• Normal tides
• High tides

We do NOT have a solar or lunar eclipse each month because...

• The tilt and shape of the moon's orbit 
• The moon is too small
• The moon orbits in a perfect circle
• All choices

Another name given to a lunar eclipse is...

• Harvest moon
• New moon
• Blood moon
• Blue moon

What has the greatest affect on tides?

• moon
• sun
• temperature
• the time of year