Gravity
What is is the force off attraction between any two objects called?
Gravity
The earth makes a _______________________ around the sun.
Revolution
What does the moon revolve around?
Earth
Which eclipse happens when the earth is between the moon and sun?
What causes tides?
Gravity between the earth and moon is the main cause of tides
Gravity between the earth and moon pulls the moon into a ______ around the earth.
Orbit
How many days does it take for the earth to complete one full revolution around the sun?
365 days
How long does it take for the moon to revolve around the earth?
29 days
Which eclipse happens when the moon is between the earth and sun?
Solar Eclipse
What are the dark spots on the moon called?
Marias
Which has a bigger gravitational pull? The Sun or the earth?
The tilt of the earth’s _________________ causes sunlight to fall more directly on different parts of the earth throughout its orbit.
Axis
What are the changes in the moon’s appearance
of the moon called?
Phases
The moon's shadow falls on the earth and blocks out part of what?
The sun.
What are the light spots on the moon called?
Which has a larger force of attraction? The Earth or the moon?
The Earth
What causes seasons?
The Earth's tilt on its axis
Draw a New Moon on the white board.
It should be black. Also known as the Invisible Moon.
Draw and label a solar eclipse.
Sam Makes Egg during a solar eclipse.
The highlands are mountainous areas, including the rims of what?
Craters
What two factors does gravity depend on?
The distance between the two objects and the mass of each object and how much matter each contains.
If it was fall in the Northern Hemisphere, what it would in the Southern Hemisphere?
Spring
Why do we always see the same side of the moon?
Because it takes the moon the same amount of
time to rotate as it does to orbit the earth.
Draw and label a lunar eclipse.
Sam Eats Mushrooms during a lunar eclipse.
What is responsible for crashing into the moon and causing craters?
Meteorites