Earth Moon

Densely pitted, light-colored areas on the moon are called ____________.

• Craters
• Maria
• Highlands
• Crescents

______________ are regions of dark, smooth, ancient beds of basaltic lava.

• Highlands
• Maria
• Craters
• Meteorites

How do most craters on the moon form?

• Collision with other planets
• Rapidly moving debris hit the surface
• The sun burns holes in the moon

If we are looking at the moon and it is fully bright, what lunar phase is the moon in?

• Full moon
• New moon
• First quarter
• Third quarter

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If we are looking at the moon and it is ALMOST fully bright, but not quite a full moon, what lunar phase is it in?

• Crescent
• New moon
• Gibbous
• First quarter

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What causes tides?

• gravity
• wind
• spring
• neap

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Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?

• Sun
• Saturn
• Moon 
• Venus

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Why does the moon's gravitational pull have more of effect on tides than the sun's gravitational pull?

• they are the same
• the moon is larger than the sun
• tides are not caused by the moon
• the moon is closer to the Earth than the sun

This model is showing us a...

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• phases of the moon

• earth eclipse

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What moon phase occurs during a solar eclipse?

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

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