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