Name _______________________________
Clark
Science Period _______
Date __________
Earth’s Moon/ Moon’s Phases (p. p. 680 – 683, 670 – 673)
Questions/Main Ideas
Notes/Pictures
Note ___
____________________________ Maria (MAH ree uh) – ________________________
____________________________ Craters – __________________________________
Highlands – ________________________________
EXT: ______________________________________
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____________________________ Diameter - _________________________________
____________________________ Temperature - ______________________________
EXT: _____________________________________
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____________________________ Scientists theorize that a __________________
____________________________ object collided with earth about 4.5 _____________
years ago to form the moon.
____________________________ Like earth, the moon moves in two ways
1. _____________ on its own _________ every 27.3 days
2. ______________s around Earth about once every
__________ days.
EXT: _______________________________________
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____________________________ The moon _________________ light from the sun.
____________________________ EXT: _______________________________________
____________________________ A phase is a different shape of the moon as seen from
____________________________ ____________.
Whole set of phases = complete revolution around Earth.
EXT: ______________________________________
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____________________________ The phase of moon you see depends on how much of
____________________________ the sunlit side of the moon ________ Earth.
EXT: ______________________________________
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What do you see when the moon
is “New?”
The Moon's _________ side is facing the Earth.
EXT: _______________________________________
What is “waxing” and “waning?”
A waxing moon gets ________________
A waning moon gets ________________
EXT: ______________________________________
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