vocab
Orbit
To travel around in a circle
The moon ______ the Earth
the moon orbits the earth
Gravity...
pulls objects towards each other
When the moon is full on Earth the Earth is _______ on the moon
new
The first layer of the sun is... (innermost)
The core; where a reaction of nuclear fusion occurs with hydrogen.
illuminate
to make visible with light
Does the earth cast a shadow on the moon?
NO
Why don't the planets crash into the sun?
The planets are moving too fast around the sun. There is a balance between gravity and motion so the planets can continue moving without crashing.
When the moon is on it's first quarter (half moon) on Earth the Earth is...
Half earth
The second layer of the sun is...
radiative layer
Lunar eclipse
when the earth casts a shadow on the moon
The moon is always lit up ________
half way
The moon is so predictable because...
it orbits the earth in the same exact pattern
When the moon is new on Earth the Earth is...
full
The third layer of the sun is...
convection layer
Convection layer
The layer of the sun in which convection occurs
Does the same side of the moon always face the earth?
yes the moon rotates as it orbits the Earth so one side of the moon is always facing the earth.
All matter is made up of
balls; spheres
When the Earth is on it's waning crescent phase on the moon the Earth is in...
waxing crescent
The fourth layer of the sun is...
The photosphere, the visible layer of the sun that we see from earth
The relative size of objects
The moon moves in different positions around earth so...
we see different sides of the illuminated half of the earth
Energy cannot be...
created or destroyed
The Earth phase is always directly _______ from the phases of the moon
opposite
The outermost layer of the sun is...
The corona