1. Where do planets get their light? From the sun

2. What is the sun? A medium sized star around which the planets revolve

3. What seems to be the brightest and largest light we see at night? The moon

4. What does waning mean? Getting smaller- shrinking light

5. What are moon phases? Different amounts of sunlight reflected off the moon

6. What does a star do? Burns gasses and creates light & heat

7. True or False Did the President John F. Kennedy vow to put a man on the moon? TRUE

8. What is the fraction comparing the moon to the Earth? 1/4

9. What are astronomers? People who study planets, moons, and stars

10. What is the order of a lunar eclipse? Sun, Earth, Moon or Moon, Earth, Sun

11. What is the Earth’s only natural satellite? The moon

12. What features will you see on the moon’s surface? Craters, mountains, or seas (plains)

13. What causes the tides? The moon’s gravity

14. Would you weigh more or less on the moon? Less because the moon has less gravity than the Earth

15. What is the order of a solar eclipse? Earth, Moon, Sun Or Sun, Moon, Earth

16. When does the moon have a reddish glow? Lunar eclipse

17. How did the moon form? Maybe when an object collided with Earth creating a ball of gas and dust that formed the moon

18. When was the moon thought to be formed? About 4.5 billion years ago

19. What formed the craters on the moon? Meteoroids hitting its surface

20. What is it called when there are two full moons in a month? Blue Moon

21. How long does a solar eclipse last? About 7 ½ minutes

22. Is there life on the moon? No, because there is no atmosphere or water?

23. What are the phases of the moon? New moon Waxing crescent Waxing 1st qtr moon-half Waxing gibbous Full moon Waning gibbous Waning 3rd qtr moon-half Waning crescent New moon

24. Who was involved in the space race? USA versus the Soviet Union

25. What is the moon made of? Rock, dust and space debris

26. What is an orbit? A path of an object around another object

27. Does the moon make it own light? No, it reflects the sun’s light

28. Who was the first person to walk on the moon? Neil Armstrong

29. Who was Neil Armstrong’s partner? Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin

30. What date did Neil Armstrong walk on the moon? July 20, 1969

31. What did Neil Armstrong say? “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”

32. What is a satellite? An object orbiting a larger object

33. How long does it take the moon to orbit the Earth? About 1 month

34. How far away is the moon? About 238,900 miles away

35. How many moons does Earth have? one

36. What is the Latin word for moon? Luna or lunar

37. Does the moon change shapes? No

38. What is the another word for sun? sol

39. What holds the moon in orbit around the Earth? Earth’s gravity

40. Do all planets have moon? No – Mercury and Venus doesn’t

41. What are two movements the moon makes? Rotation and revolution

42. How are the rotations and revolutions of the moon and Earth different? The moon’s rotation and revolution is about the same The Earth rotation takes much less time than its revolution

43. What should one never do during a solar eclipse? Look directly at the sun

44. What are tides? The rising and falling of the oceans caused by the moon’s gravity

45. How often do high and low tides occur? Every 13 hours

46. What does waxing mean? Getting bigger- light is growing

47. How long can a lunar eclipse last? Up to 3 ½ hours

48. What are tools for seeing the moon? Telescopes and binocular

49. Can planets have more than one moon? Yes Mars has two- Phobos and Deimos Saturn has the most

50. Do we see both sides of the moon? No we see the same side

51. What should you call the “dark side” of the moon? The Far Side

52. What do the phases of the moon depend on? Position of the earth, moon, and sun