Eclipse and Tides Vocabulary

The gravitational attraction between the moon and the Earth causes the water in oceans, which is fluid to be pulled towards the moon. This creates a "bulge" in the ocean that closest to the moon and as the Earth rotates, the location of the waters that are affected changes.

• Spring Tide

• Tidal Bulge

• Neap Tide

• Tides

Central, darkest part of a shadow

• penumbra

• umbra

• tide

• tidal wave

A[n] ______________ tide occurs when the sun is at right angles to the line between Earth and the moon.

• high

• neap

• low

• spring

An eclipse visible on Earth from the inside of the moon's umbra; occurs when the sun's entire disk- except the corona is blocked by the new moon

• Total solar eclipse
• Penumbral eclipse
• Lunar eclipse
• Partial solar eclipse

An Eclipse in which the entire disk of the full moon is covered by Earth's umbra

• Partial lunar eclipse
• Solar eclipse
• Total lunar eclipse

The gravitational pull of the moon and sun causes _________.

• tides

• moon phases

• eclipses

• seasons

What type of eclipse is this an example of?

• Lunar Eclipse

• Solar Eclipse

Lighter part of a shadow

• penumbra

• umbra

• dark storm

• numbra

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

• spring

• high

• low

• neap

What is a difference between spring and neap tides?

• Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon. 
• Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases
• Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides
• Spring tides occur in Spring and neap tides can occur in any season