Download 8.7BC Vocabulary

8th Grade Fifth Six Weeks Vocabulary
TERM
8.7B
Lunar Cycle
Moon Phases
Waxing
Waning
Crescent
Gibbous
Full Moon
First Quarter Moon
Last/Third Quarter Moon
New Moon
8.7C
Ocean Tide
Gravitational Pull
Surface Water
High Tide
Low Tide
Lunar Cycle
Full Moon
First Quarter Moon
Last/Third Quarter Moon
Spring Tide
Neap Tides
DEFINITION
The Moon’s pattern of movement as it appears from Earth
A consistent cycle of change in the appearance of the Moon from the surface of
Earth
The Moon appears to gain light from the surface of the Earth
The Moon appears to lose light from the surface of the Earth
Shape of the Moon that is less than a quarter moon
Shape of the Moon that is greater than a quarter moon, but not full
The side of the Moon facing Earth is fully illuminated
Half of the Moon’s surface is illuminated
Half of the Moon’s surface with the lighted side on the left
Phase of the Moon when it is between the Sun and Earth; the Moon is not
illuminated
Daily changes in the level of ocean water
The force between two objects due to gravity; the gravitational pull from the Moon is
responsible for the Earth’s tides
Water found on the surface of Earth
When the tide is at its greatest elevation
When the tide is at its lowest elevation
The Moon’s pattern of movement as it appears from Earth
Earth is between the Sun and the Moon; the side of the Moon facing Earth is fully
illuminated.
The phase of the Moon half visible to Earth
The phase of the Moon half visible to Earth
The highest tides caused by New and Full Moons
The lowest tides caused by First and Last/Third Quarter Moons
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