| Draw a Moon Phase | ||
| #1 | Draw a 1st Quarter moon | |
| #2 | Draw a waxing crescent. | |
| #3 | Draw a waning crescent. | |
| #4 | Draw a waxing gibbous. | |
| #5 | Draw the 3rd Quarter phase. | |
| Identify the Moon Phase | ||
| #1 | Look at the moon in the room | waning crescent |
| #2 | Look at the moon in the room | new |
| #3 | Look at the moon in the room | waxing gibbous |
| #4 | Look at the moon in the room | waxing crescent |
| #5 | Look at the moon in the room | 1st quarter |
| Eclipses | ||
| #1 | What is an lunar eclipse? | It's when the earth blocks the light from the sun |
| #2 | What is a solar eclipse? | It's when the moon blocks the light from the sun. |
| #3 | Which eclipse is more common? | Lunar |
| #4 | Why don't we have a solar and a lunar eclipse every month? | The moon's orbit is tilted. |
| #5 | When will the next total solar eclipse occur in the USA? | August 2017 |
| seasons/Moon facts | ||
| #1 | Why do we see the moon? | We see the moon because it reflects the sun's light. The earth's shadow has nothing to do with it. |
| #2 | When do the four equinoxes and solstices occur? | Dec. 21, Sept. 21, June 21, March 21 |
| #3 | Why does the earth have seasons? | The tilt of the earth on it's axis causes the seasons. |
| #4 | The moon is __________the size of earth, but ____________the mass of earth. | 1/4 and 1/6 |
| #5 | Why do we always see the same side of the moon? | The moon's rotation is very slow. It rotates once for each revolution around the earth. |
| vocabulary | ||
| #1 | What is a satellite? | Any object that orbits another object in space. |
| #2 | Define waning | To get smaller |
| #3 | Define waxing | To get larger |
| #4 | Define eclipse | When something is blocked from viewing |
| #5 | Define month. | The time it takes the moon to orbit the earth. |
| Final Question | |
| Why are there moon phases? | It's the light of the illuminated half of the moon that we see from earth. |