Amplify Study Guide-Earth, Moon, Sun

Front

Which of the following is true about the moon?

• It makes its own light.
• It does not make its own light.
• It has light colored rocks.

Back

It does not make its own light.

Front

Should all models be "to scale"?

Back

No-some things are too big or too small to see.

Front

What is true about the sun and the moon?

Back

The sun illuminates the half of the Moon that is facing it, and the other half is dark.

Front

How does light from the sun travel?

Back

in straight lines

Front

From Earth, what can we see of the moon?

Back

we can only see the half of the moon that is facing us

Front

Why do we see different phases of the moon?

Back

We see different amounts of the illuminated half of the moon because the moon moves to different positions around the Earth.

Front

Is there a pattern to the position of the Moon?

Back

Yes-because the Moon orbits around Earth.

Front

If you looked in the sky and saw a waning gibbous, when is the first time you will see a waning gibbous again?

Back

one month

Front

Is there ever a time that the moon will be completely dark from Earth's perspective?

Back

Yes, always during a new moon and sometimes during a full moon when a lunar eclipse is possible.

Front

Lunar eclipses...

Back

can only happen when the Earth is in between the sun and moon.