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One of the jobs of this engineer is to design and build spacecraft that reduce risk to humans
Aerospace engineer
A ____ ____ can be seen by everyone on Earth's nighttime side
Lunar Eclipse
One of the purposes of this space mission was to understand more about the moon
Apollo Project
True/False: The moon's mass is less than Earth's mass
True
They have similar shapes but
different sizes
On the fourth day of Creation, God spoke the moon into existence to rule the night
Biblical view of moon's origin
Chapter 10
DOUBLE JEOPARDY (Wager up to as much as you have)
Which teacher aid's great grandpa liberated concentration camps in World War II
True/False: The moon's gravity is more than Earth's gravity
False
The moon has more extreme _________ than Earth
Temperatures
A tide is caused by the sun's and moon's gravities pulling on Earth's oceans
Tides and gravity
When the sun and moon form right angles with Earth, their gravities pull against each other causing tides that are lower than normal
Neap Tides
They examined the moon samples and showed the composition of lunar rocks
Apollo Project
True/False: Mountains can be found on moon and on Earth
True
The moon has more __________ ______ since the moon's thin atmosphere does not protect it
Meterorite Strikes
After a group of small solar system objects hit Earth, the fragments from the collision formed the moon; problems with this theory - striking planet may have been larger than the size of Mars
The gaint impact hypothesis
A _____ _____ occurs during a new moon phase; looking directly at a ____ _____ will damage your eyes
Solar Eclipse
You always see this because the moon's revolution and rotation take similar amounts of time
Near side of the moon
True/False: A revolution is the complete spin of the moon on its axis
False
The moon has __ ___________ so its surface hardly changes
No weathering
Both phases of the moon that show a moon that is more than half full
Waxing gibbous and waning gibbous
When the sun's and moon's gravities pull together on Earth's oceans
Spring Tides
Which teacher aid is known for falling asleep in class
Dominic
DOUBLE JEOPARDY (Wager up to as much as you have)
Name the three main phases of the moon
The moon's gravity influences the Earth's tides more than the sun's gravity. This is because...
The moon is much closer to earth than the sun is