Earth & Sun
Moon Phases
Vocabulary
100
What causes the different seasons on Earth?
The Earth’s orbit (revolution) and the Earth’s tilt cause the seasons.
100
What are the 8 moon phases?
100
What does waxing and waning mean related to the moon phases?
Waxing - increasing in size
Waning - Decreasing in size
200
Baby Yoda wonders why it is colder in the winter than in the summer. What is the best way to explain to Baby Yoda about the temperature differences?
There are less daylight hours and there are less direct rays from the sun.
200
What is the length of time between a New Moon and a Full Moon?
2 weeks or 14 days
200
An imaginary line down the center of Earth; runs from north to south. What is being described
Axis
300
The model below shows the Northern Hemisphere during the summer solstice. What conclusion can be drawn from the model?
The Antarctic Circle would not receive any daylight on the day this model shows.
300
Look carefully at the model of the Moon Phases. What do you notice about each phase of the moon?
The model shows that the moon is really always half lit up in every phase even though from Earth it doesn’t look like it.
300
Earth moves in two ways. It _________ while it ____________ around the sun.
Earth moves in two ways. It ROTATES while it REVOLVES around the sun.
400
This chart above shows the average length of daytime from sunrise to sunset for six months of the year in Nashville, Tennessee. How can a teacher develop a model to show why the length of daytime is different in the months?
The teacher can take two balls to represent the Earth and Sun. The teacher can show that the Earth is tilted towards the sun most in June and tilted away from the sun most in December.
400
Based on our view from earth, What mistakes do you notice in the following model?
The waning crescent should be lit up on the left side.
*The shape of the gibbous phases should be ¾ shaded. The waxing gibbous should have the light on the right, while the waning gibbous should have the light on the left.
*The last (third) quarter phase should be lit on the left.
400
Earth rotates _________ time each day, but Earth’s ________ is not straight up and down. It _________ at an angle of 23.5 degrees!
Earth rotates ONE time each day, but Earth’s AXIS is not straight up and down. It TILT at an angle of 23.5 degrees!
500
Dark Vader creates a model of the Earth and Sun to show how night and day change throughout the year. Dark Vader takes a globe and a large yellow ball. Dark Vader picks up the globe and walks around the large yellow ball while spinning to show night and day. What should Dark Vader also include in his model demonstration?
Dark Vader needs to also show how the Earth tilts to explain different lengths of sunlight and darkness the Earth will receive.
500
When the Moon is in the position shown, how would the Moon look to an observer on the North Pole?
View A
500
Earth ____________ the sun one time each year. That makes one ___________!
Earth ORBITS the sun one time each year. That makes one REVOLUTION!
