Earth, Moon, and Sun

A(n) ______________ tide occurs when the sun is at right angles to the line between Earth and the moon.

• high

• neap

• low

• spring

A[n] ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line. 

• spring
• high
• low
• neap

What type of eclipse occurs when the moon blocks the sun's light and cast a shadow on earth?

• solar
• lunar

What type of eclipse occurs when the earth's shadow is cast on a full moon?

• solar
• lunar

What moon phase occurs during a solar eclipse?

• Full moon
• new moon
• 1st quarter
• waxing gibbous

What moon phase occurs during a lunar eclipse?

• full moon
• new moon
• 3rd quarter
• waxing crescent

What does "lunar" mean?

• moon

• sky

• star

• sun

Which word means the darkest, innermost part of the shadow?

• penumbra

• umbra

• core

Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?

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

Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.

• waxing
• waning
• new
• eclipse