Phases of the moon
What is the first phase of a lunar month?
What does this phase look like?
Phase 1 - New moon
The dark side of the moon is facing earth, so no part of the moon can be seen from earth.
What causes seasons?
Earth’s tilted axis causes the seasons. Throughout the year, different parts of Earth receive the Sun’s most direct rays. So, when the North Pole tilts toward the Sun, it’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere. And when the South Pole tilts toward the Sun, it’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
Rotate
When an object spins on it's axis
What is a solar eclipse?
What angle is Earth's tilt?
23.5 Degrees
What is a waxing crescent moon?
What does it look like?
A waxing crescent moon is the second phase of the lunar month. The waxing crescent moon reveals a small section of the moon which is visible from earth.
More surface area to heat = ?
indirect light - cooler
Orbit
When one object circles another. E.g. The moon.
What is a Lunar eclipse
Earth hides the moon from the sun = Moon in earth's shadow. occurs between 2 and 5 times per year
A Justification includes...
Teacher discretion.
A statement outlining a decision, opinion or claim
Evidence - logical reasons which prove that the statement is reasonable or correct
A concluding statement which restates your stance
Language which supports the justification
What is a Quarter moon?
What does it look like?
Why do we call it a quarter moon?
The moon looks half visible from the earth. 50% can be seen from earth, while the remaining 50% is dark and difficult to see.
The moon has travelled a quarter of it's orbital path around earth.
Less surface area to heat
Direct - More focused and hot
Crescent
A single curve that is broad in the centre and tapers to a point at each end
What does the term 'Umbra' mean?
Total shadow
What is the sequence of the planets from the sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars these are planets not the stars.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus too, Neptune and Pluto, now we are all through.
My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
What is the 5th phase of the lunar month?
What does it look like?
Why does it look like this?
The 5th phase of the lunar month is a full moon. This moon appears full in the night sky meaning that no parts of the moon are dark or difficult to see.
The moon appears this way because the earth is between the sun and the moon and the sunlight on the moon's surface is not often blocked by the earth as usually the moon is higher or lower than earth.
What is a solstice?
A solstice occurs when the sun reaches it's highest or lowst point in the sky at noon. Around 21-22 December, and 20-21 June)
Gibbous
Having the illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle.
How many days in a lunar month?
29.5 days
What does the term 'Geocentric' mean?
Geo - Earth
Centric - Centre
a model meaning that earth is at the centre of the universe. Earth does not move around and everything orbits around it.
What is the 6th phase of the lunar cycle?
What does this moon look like?
Why does the moon look like this?
Waning Gibbous Moon
This moon looks like it is almost full, with only a small portion on the right side not visible from Earth.
What is an Equinox
Equinox is the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator.
When day and night are of equal length
Around 22-23 September and 20-21 March
What must you do when you compare something
Compare your teacher with the sun.
When comparing, you must identify both Similarities and Differences between the two things.
Teacher discretion to second question.
what does the term 'Penumbra' mean?
What does the term 'Heliocentric' mean?
Helio - Sun
Centric - Centre
The sun does not move and everything orbits around the sun