The Moon and Tides

Moons

• violent eruption of charged particles

• cooler areas on the sun’s surface, the amount and location of sunspots occur on an 11 year cycle

• natural satellites that orbit a larger body

• bowl-shaped depressions that formed when debris struck the surface

Mare

• the darker areas of the moon that are smooth and reflect less light

• cooler areas on the sun’s surface, the amount and location of sunspots occur on an 11 year cycle

•  the area of the atmosphere between the photosphere and corona that has a reddish color

• the rising and falling of the sea caused by the moon’s gravitational pull on the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Crater

• natural satellites that orbit a larger body

• the darker areas of the moon that are smooth and reflect less light

•  bowl-shaped depressions that formed when debris struck the surface

• cooler areas on the sun’s surface, the amount and location of sunspots occur on an 11 year cycle

Apogee

• the point in the Earth's orbit where the Earth is closest to the Sun

• the point in the Earth's orbit where the Earth is farthest from the Sun

• the point in the moon’s orbit where the moon is closest to the Earth

•  the point in the moon’s orbit where the moon is farthest from the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Perigee

• the point in the Earth's orbit where the Earth is closest to the Sun

• the point in the Earth's orbit where the Earth is farthest from the Sun

• the point in the moon’s orbit where the moon is closest to the Earth

•  the point in the moon’s orbit where the moon is farthest from the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Tide

• the rising and falling of the sea caused by the moon’s gravitational pull on the Earth

• natural satellites that orbit a larger body

• the darker areas of the moon that are smooth and reflect less light

• cooler areas on the sun’s surface, the amount and location of sunspots occur on an 11 year cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Tidal Range

• a tide that occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned. Tides are higher or lower (more extreme) than average. 

• the difference in height between high and low tide

•  a tide that occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth are at right angles to each other causing smaller tides than average.

• the horizontal movement of water that occurs as the results of tides

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Spring Tides

• -the difference in height between high and low tide

• a tide that occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth are at right angles to each other causing smaller tides than average

•  the horizontal movement of water that occurs as the results of tides

•  a tide that occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned. Tides are higher or lower (more extreme) than average

Neap Tides

• -the difference in height between high and low tide

• a tide that occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth are at right angles to each other causing smaller tides than average

•  the horizontal movement of water that occurs as the results of tides

•  a tide that occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned. Tides are higher or lower (more extreme) than average

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Tidal Current

• the difference in height between high and low tide

• a tide that occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth are at right angles to each other causing smaller tides than average

•  the horizontal movement of water that occurs as the results of tides

•  a tide that occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned. Tides are higher or lower (more extreme) than average