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Lesson2. How Do Earth and the Moon Compare?
1. 'Inq,uiry Skill Practice-Using
a Model
Scientists use models to understand events that happened too long ago
to be examined directly, Most of the moon's craters were formed millions
of years ago, The Copernicus crater is 91 km (57 mil across, Using what
you learned from the model in the Investigate, what can you infer about the
object that formed this crater?
2. Use Vocabulary
Write a complete sentence that uses the term moon
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Reading Skill Practice-Compare
phase
correctly.
and Contrast
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Read the selection. Compare and contrast the rotations of Earth
and the moon.
Earth and the moon rotate, each on its own axis. They rotate at different
speeds. A complete rotation represents one day-night cycle. Earth's cycle,
which we know as one day, lasts 24 hours and is divided between daylight
and darkness. The moon rotates more slowly. If you spent a day and a night
on the moon, it would last 2~ Earth days!
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Use with pages 328-335.
(page 1 of 2)
Reading Support and Homework
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