Fly Me to the Moon Questions
Fly Me to the Moon Find these answers. Write in complete sentences. 1. Name the different phases of the moon.- How long does it take for the moon to make one complete cycle?
- Do you see different phases of the moon from different locations on the Earth?
- Why does the moon look full for so long compared to other phases?
- Does the moon have any effect on the Earth?
- When does the moon rise every day?
- If you weighed 100 pounds on Earth, how much would you weigh on the moon?
- If you can jump 3 feet high on the Earth, how high could you jump on the Moon?
- How may times heavier is the Earth than the Moon.
- How many Moons can you fit inside the Earth?
- How fast does the Moon travel in its path around the Earth?
- Which is the largest crater on the Moon?
- How long does it take radio signals to travel from the Earth to the Moon?
- How many spacecraft have landed or crashed on the Moon? Include countries other than USA?
- How much did all the Moon rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts weigh?
- Who was the LAST person to walk on the Moon?
- Is there such a thing as a “moonquake”?
NAME__________________- Science
Explorer C3.1 A). Lab =Complete the lab in class . Do sheet Lab Manual 63-64.B). Math in Science = Read page C81, Answer in following questions.1. Vega’s diameter is_______________________________.2. What place value is the 9 in this number? _____________________.3. The number 9 represents_______________________________.4. Is there a name for every number? _______________________.Vocabularysolstice___________________________________________________equinox__________________________________________________lunar eclipse______________________________________________tides______________________________________________________Questions1. On page C82, what information about the planets do you learn from the illustration? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What don’t you learn from the illustration? __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What do you learn in part from reading the caption? __________________________________________________________________________ 4. How do Earth, the other planets and asteroids move in relation to the sun? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What direction does Earth rotate when viewed from above the North Pole? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Why does Earth have night and day? _______________________________________________________________________________________ 7. According to what you learned about the orbits of the planets, does Mars take longer or shorter than Earth to orbit the sun? __________ 8. Does Venus travel faster or slower than Earth? __________________ 9. During what season does sunlight last longest in the Northern Hemisphere? Why? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Why does the moon look different at different times of the month? _____________________________________________________________11. Compare and contrast the position of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere. ________________________________________________________ 12. Solstice is the time when sunlight lasts the longest or shortest. {Sol comes from the Latin word meaning sun} What other word do you know that begins with Sol? ___________________________________ 13. Why is it summer in North America when it is winter in Australia?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. How do the hours of daylight and darkness compare during an equinox? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. What is the difference between an equinox and a summer solstice in the region of the North Pole? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. Name 2 ways Earth moves in space.
17. How do the Earth and the moon interact?_______________________________________________________18. What causes the seasons?_______________________________________________________