Rotation or Revolution?
What causes day and night?
Earth's rotation on its axis
About how long is a lunar month?
29.5 days or about a month
Use the moon phases diagram that came with your study blocks. What is phase #2?
Waxing crescent
Use the moon phases diagram that came with your study blocks. What is phase #6?
Waning gibbous
How long does it take the earth to make on full revolution around the sun?
365 days or one year
How does what we see of the moon change between the new moon and full moon phase?
The lighted side of the moon increases
How do you figure out where the New Moon phase goes?
It is always when the moon is between the sun and the Earth.
Use the moon phases diagram that came with your study blocks. What is phase #7?
Third Quarter
What causes Earth's seasons?
Earth's revolution around the sun whole tilted on its axis
During which phase does the lighted side of the moon face away from Earth?
New Moon
Use the moon phases diagram that came with your study blocks. What is phase #3?
1st quarter
Use the moon phases diagram that came with your study blocks. What is phase #8?
Waning crescent
How long does Earth's rotation take?
24 hours or 1 day
How is it possible that we see the moon from the Earth?
It is lit by the sun.
Use the moon phases diagram that came with your study blocks. What is phase 4?
Waxing gibbous
What do first and third quarter moons look like on Earth?
Half moons
Describe the light and the length of day when the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun compared to the southern hemisphere.
More direct sunlight, longer days
Why do we never see the far side of the moon?
Because the moon rotates on full rotation per revolution around Earth
Use the moon phases diagram that came with your study blocks. What is phase #5
Full moon
What determines the phase of the moon that we see on Earth?
How much of the sunlit side of the moon is facing earth