Moon Phases and Eclipses

Match the following vocabulary words.

• Increasing

• Penumbra

• the darker part of a shadow where the light is completely blocked

• Waning

• the partial or total blocking of one object by another

• Umbra

• Decreasing

• Waxing

• the lighter part of a shadow where light is partially blocked

• Eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Place the following moon phases in order that would occur AFTER a new moon.

• 1st quarter

• waxing crescent

• waxing gibbous

• waning gibbous

• full moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Place the following moon phases in order that would occur AFTER a full moon.

• waning gibbous

• waxing crescent

• 3rd quarter

• waning crescent

• new moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Match the following moon phases.

• waxing gibbous

• 
• full moon

• 
• waning crescent

• 
• 1st quarter

• 
• 3rd quarter

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Match the following images with the types of tides.

• Neap Tide

• the difference in water level between high and low tide

• Tidal Range

• 
• Spring Tide

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Match the following on eclipses.

• Eclipse

• 
• Lunar Eclipse

• the partial or total blocking of one object by another

• Solar Eclipse

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1