Video: Bill Nye – The Moon
1. Relate the Moon’s cycle to the movement around a baseball diamond:
Location of Sun:
Location of Earth:
Home plate:
1st base:
2nd base:
3rd base:
2. Moon glow is really ______because ______.
3. How can moonlight be so bright?
4. Compare the temperature on the Moon’s surface with temperatures on Earth.
5. The far (dark) side of the moon’s is covered with craters whereas the near (earth) side is smooth. Describe
one theory that explains this difference.
6. Where did the moon come from?
Video: Bill Nye – The Moon
1. Relate the Moon’s cycle to the movement around a baseball diamond:
Location of Sun:
Location of Earth:
Home plate:
1st base:
2nd base:
3rd base:
2. Moon glow is really ______because ______.
3. How can moonlight be so bright?
4. Compare the temperature on the Moon’s surface with temperatures on Earth.
5. The far (dark) side of the moon’s is covered with craters whereas the near (earth) side is smooth. Describe
one theory that explains this difference.
6. Where did the moon come from?
7. The effect of the Moon’s gravity on Earth causes ______.
8. As the Moon orbits Earth, the shadow of the Moon may fall on the Earth. This is called ______.
9. When the shadow of Earth falls on the Moon it is called ______.
10. An eclipse does not happen every month because ______.
11. When viewing the phases of the Moon, the movement occurs from ______to ______.
12. Apollo 17 was the last mission to the Moon, in ______.
13. A total of ____ people have walked on the Moon.
14. The last astronaut to walk on the Moon was ______.
15. The Moon’s gravity is ______that of Earth’s gravity.
16. How does the pull of Earth’s gravity affect the Moon?
17. List some myths and folklore about the Moon.
7. The effect of the Moon’s gravity on Earth causes ______.
8. As the Moon orbits Earth, the shadow of the Moon may fall on the Earth. This is called ______.
9. When the shadow of Earth falls on the Moon it is called ______.
10. An eclipse does not happen every month because ______.
11. When viewing the phases of the Moon, the movement occurs from ______to ______.
12. Apollo 17 was the last mission to the Moon, in ______.
13. A total of ____ people have walked on the Moon.
14. The last astronaut to walk on the Moon was ______.
15. The Moon’s gravity is ______that of Earth’s gravity.
16. How does the pull of Earth’s gravity affect the Moon?
17. List some myths and folklore about the Moon.