7th Period MOON KIOSK

							         7th Period
 MOON KIOSK


 Please read and take notes on the
following presentation. Remember,
you will have an assessment during
          your next class!
Structure and Origin of the
          Moon
  How was the moon made, and
        what’s it like?
          How was it made?
• Theory – The moon
  was once apart of the
  earth, but somehow
  separated from
  Earth’s surface.
• Caught in Earth’s
  gravitational pull.
• Material was thrown
  into orbit which also
  helped the moon to
  form.
      What’s the moon like?
• The moon is 3,476 kilometers in diameter.
• Temperatures range from 100 degrees
  Celsius – 170 degrees Celsius.
• The moon contains one eighth the mass of
  the earth.
• The moon’s density is about the same
  density as the Earth’s outer layers.
• The moon’s diameter is about one fourth
  the size of the earth.
  Motion Of The Moon

By: Ariel Gulley & Justin Golenberg
• The moon is 384,400
  kilometers away from
  Earth. The light from
  the moon is really the
  suns reflection. The
  near side of the moon
  always faces Earth.
• The moon revolves
  around the Earth and
  tilts on its own axis. It
  takes the moon 27.3 to
  revolve around the
  Earth. Different shapes
  of the moon are called
  phases.
Phases Of The Moon




    By RJ Carter
        and
   Dana Hoffman
    Why do we have phases?
• The positions of the moon, earth and the
  sun cause the phases of the moon.
• The phase of the moon you see depends
  on how much of sunlit side faces the earth.
What Are The Phases of The Moon
• The phases include: Waxing Crescent,
  First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon,
  Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, Waning
  Crescent and the new Moon.
• Our Current moon is a First Quarter,
  showing 56% of the moon.
• An eclipse is when the moon’s shadow
  hits Earth or Earth’s shadow hits the
  moon.
• When and object in space comes between
  the sun and a third object, and casts a
  shadow on that object.
• There are two kinds of major eclipses-
  Lunar and solar.
            Solar Eclipses
• A type of eclipse that happens more often
  then lunar
• occurs when the moon passes between
  the earth and sun blocking the sunlight
  from hitting the earth.
                Lunar Eclipse
• Occurs during a full moon
  when Earth is directly
  between the moon and
  the sun.
• Earth blocks sunlight from
  reaching the moon.
• It has an umbra and a
  penumbra. An umbra is
  when you see the total
  lunar eclipse and a
  penumbra occurs during
  most lunar eclipses. The
  earth, moon, and sun are
  not quite in line.
             The Cause of Tides
The cause of a tide is a force of gravity puling the moon and earth
  including water toward each other. Tides occur mainly because
  difference of and how the moon pulls on different parts of earth.
Two tides occur because of differences in the force of gravity from one
  place to another. The rise and fall of water every 12.5 hours, 6 hours
  to rise and 6 hours to fall.
                        High Tides
• The force of the moons gravity at a certain point on earth is stronger
  than the force of gravity on earth as a whole. Therefore all the water
  rushes to that certain point creating high tides.
               Tide Cycle
• When water flows away from a certain
  spot to the not so concentrated areas that
  creates low tides.
• At any time there are 2 places with to high
  ties and two low tides. As earth rotates
  one high tide stays on the opposite side of
  the earth. The second high tide stays on
  the side of earth facing the moon.