Earth-Sun-Moon Guided Notes

Earth-Sun-Moon Guided Notes Name______Pd_____

EQ: How do the Sun & Moon affect Earth?

•  ______

•  Day & Night

•  Moon ______

•  Changing of the ______

What is an eclipse?

•  When ______object in space comes between the ______& a 3rd object, and cast a ______on that object

How does it happen?

•  When the ______shadow hits Earth or ______shadow hits the moon

Two Types of Shadows:

•  ______

•  ______

Penumbra

•  ______shadow

Umbra

•  ______shadow

Two Types of Eclipses:

•  Solar

•  Lunar

Solar Eclipse

•  ______passes between the Sun & Earth

•  A ______moon

•  Sketch a solar eclipse below:

Partial Solar Eclipse

•  Moon’s ______casts a larger shadow

•  Part of the ______is visible

Total Solar Eclipse

•  Moon’s umbra blocks ______sunlight from reaching Earth

•  Sky is ______

Lunar Eclipse

•  Occurs at a ______moon when ______is directly between the moon & the Sun

•  Sketch a lunar eclipse below:

Partial Lunar Eclipse

•  The moon, sun, & Earth are ______in line

•  The moon passes through ______of the ______

Total Lunar Eclipse

•  The ______is in the ______umbra

•  This can be seen ______on Earth

What causes day & night?

•  The ______

•  Each rotation takes ______hours

Why does the moon change shape each month?

•  The moon goes through a set of “______” each time the moon ______around ______or about a ______

Moon’s Revolution

•  The moon revolves/orbits around Earth

•  ______revolution=______days

Moon’s Rotation

•  The moon ______on its own axis just like ______

•  ______rotation=______days

•  A “______” and a “______” are the ______length on the moon

What causes these phases?

•  ______in the ______of the Sun, Earth, and Moon

•  The moon’s phases depends on how much of the ______side of the moon ______Earth

Does the moon produce its own light?

•  ______!

•  It ______light from the ______

Exploring the Moon’s Phases

Waning vs. Waxing

•  ______is the ______of sunlight

•  ______is the ______of sunlight

Sketch each moon phase in the correct box below:

New Moon / Crescent / Gibbous / Full Moon

How does the Sun affect our seasons?

•  Earth has an ______orbit

•  The Sun is ______in the ellipse

•  The ______between the Sun & Earth ______during the year

Fall, Winter, Spring…oh my!

•  Earth has different seasons because its axis is ______

•  Earth ______around the Sun

•  ______revolution/orbit=______year

Solstice

•  The noon sun is directly overhead at ______

•  Winter

•  Summer

Winter Solstice

•  Begins ______

•  ______day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere

Summer Solstice

•  Begins ______

•  ______ day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere

Equinox

•  The noon sun is directly over the ______

•  Vernal

•  Autumnal

Vernal Equinox

•  Begins ______

•  Marks the beginning of ______in the Northern Hemisphere

Autumnal Equinox

•  Begins ______

•  Marks the beginning of ______in the Northern Hemisphere

What is Astronomy?

•  Study of the ______, ______, & other ______in space