Week 6 Science: Moon

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Week 6 Science: Moon

Last updated almost 6 years ago

6 questions

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Start the annimation above (you change the speed to slow it down or speed it up, pause, and replay the clip by using the icons in the toolbar).

Explain three things you know are occuring due to the position of the Sun, Earth and Moon. Please explain the three specific events or cause and effect relationships caused by the location of the Sun, Earth and/or Moon. For example:
1. The Earth orbits the sun. The side of the Earth facing the sun is warmer than the side that does not face the sun because the sun warms the surface of the Earth.

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Talk to a relative, family friend, or neighbor about what they know about the Lunar Landing.
Summarize what they told you into a paragraph about the Lunar Landing in 1969.
Be sure to share what you know about the sun, moon and Earth with them!

Using sports equipment to model the relative motion of Earth, the Moon and the Sun, which of the following will accurately model the relative motions of these bodies?

 Golf ball moving around the basketball, basketball moving around the baseball 

 Basketball moving around the baseball, baseball moving around the golf ball

  Golf ball moving around the baseball, baseball moving around the basketball 

 Baseball moving around the golf ball, golf ball moving around the basketball    

Start the annimation above (you change the speed to slow it down or speed it up, pause, and replay the clip by using the icons in the toolbar).

Explain three things you know are occuring due to the position of the Sun, Earth and Moon. Please explain the three specific events or cause and effect relationships caused by the location of the Sun, Earth and/or Moon. For example:
1. The Earth orbits the sun. The side of the Earth facing the sun is warmer than the side that does not face the sun because the sun warms the surface of the Earth.

The phase of the moon you see depends on...

how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces the Earth

how much of the Earth's shadow is cast on the moon.

the tilt of Earth's axis as it revolves around the sun.

how much of the moon's surface is lit by the sun.

Which moon phase occurs directly after a full moon?

Waxing Gibbous

Waning Gibbous

Waxing Crecent

Waning Crecent

For a solar eclipse to occur

the moon must be directly behind the Earth.

Earth must be directly between the sun and moon.

the moon must be directly between Earth and the sun.

the sun must be directly between Earth and the moon.

Talk to a relative, family friend, or neighbor about what they know about the Lunar Landing.
Summarize what they told you into a paragraph about the Lunar Landing in 1969.
Be sure to share what you know about the sun, moon and Earth with them!

Using sports equipment to model the relative motion of Earth, the Moon and the Sun, which of the following will accurately model the relative motions of these bodies? 

 Golf ball moving around the basketball, basketball moving around the baseball 

 Basketball moving around the baseball, baseball moving around the golf ball

  Golf ball moving around the baseball, baseball moving around the basketball 

 Baseball moving around the golf ball, golf ball moving around the basketball    

The phase of the moon you see depends on...

how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces the Earth

how much of the Earth's shadow is cast on the moon.

the tilt of Earth's axis as it revolves around the sun.

how much of the moon's surface is lit by the sun.

Which moon phase occurs directly after a full moon?

Waxing Gibbous

Waning Gibbous

Waxing Crecent

Waning Crecent

For a solar eclipse to occur

the moon must be directly behind the Earth.

Earth must be directly between the sun and moon.

the moon must be directly between Earth and the sun.

the sun must be directly between Earth and the moon.

Week 6 Science: Moon

Week 6 Science: Moon

Talk to a relative, family friend, or neighbor about what they know about the Lunar Landing. Summarize what they told you into a paragraph about the Lunar Landing in 1969. Be sure to share what you know about the sun, moon and Earth with them!

Using sports equipment to model the relative motion of Earth, the Moon and the Sun, which of the following will accurately model the relative motions of these bodies?

The phase of the moon you see depends on...

Which moon phase occurs directly after a full moon?

For a solar eclipse to occur

Talk to a relative, family friend, or neighbor about what they know about the Lunar Landing. Summarize what they told you into a paragraph about the Lunar Landing in 1969. Be sure to share what you know about the sun, moon and Earth with them!

Talk to a relative, family friend, or neighbor about what they know about the Lunar Landing.
Summarize what they told you into a paragraph about the Lunar Landing in 1969.
Be sure to share what you know about the sun, moon and Earth with them!

Talk to a relative, family friend, or neighbor about what they know about the Lunar Landing.
Summarize what they told you into a paragraph about the Lunar Landing in 1969.
Be sure to share what you know about the sun, moon and Earth with them!