Lunar Cycle Vocabulary

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

• spring
• high
• low
• neap

What do we call a tide that has largest range; highest high and lowest low?

• gravity
• wind
• spring
• neap

In general, tides occur...

• each hour
• 2 times a day
• each month
• twice a month

What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

• neap tide
• spring tide
• new moon tide
• full moon tide

Which phase of the moon is represented in this diagram?

• new moon
• first quarter
• full moon
• last quarter/third quarter

Waning phases are when the light is being:

• Gained
• Lost

Waxing phases are when the light is being:

• Gained
• Lost
• Staying the same
• Neither

What is it called when you are able to see half the moon and the light on the moon is decreasing?

• New moon
• 1st quarter
• Full Moon
• 3rd quarter

What is it called when more than half of the moon is lit on the right side and light is increasing?

• Waxing cresent
• Waxing gibbous
• Waning gibbous
• Waning cresent

What moon phases do spring tides occur?

• new and full
• 1st & 3rd quarters