University:
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools
Course:
AP Environmental Science
Academic year:

2015
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2
Author:

Jordyn Murphy

Study Guide for Science Test – Phases of the Moon The test will be a combination of multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank. Know the phases of the moon. Be able to look at a picture and write the name of the phase you are observing. You will have a Word Bank. These pictures will not be in order. I have included that information again here, but it is also in your moon packet. Know the following definitions and information. Waxing – increasing in intensity Waning – decreasing in intensity Rotate (rotating, rotation) – spin around an axis Revolve (revolution) – to move in an orbit around the sun The moon is the closest neighbor to Earth in space. The moon is the smaller than Earth and much smaller than the sun. The moon is 239,000 miles away from the Earth. The sun is 93,000,000 miles away from the Earth. The Earth and the moon rotate (spin on an axis). The moon revolves around the Earth. The Earth and moon revolve around the sun. It takes the moon 29.5 days to orbit or revolve around the Earth. The moon goes through 8 different phases each month. The moon’s phase depends on it position and the position of the sun. The moon does not make light. It reflects light from the sun. We cannot see the moon during the new moon phase because it is between the Earth and the sun. The sunlit side is facing away from the Earth. When the moon looks like a half-moon it is in the first quarter or third quarter of the lunar cycle. Even though the moon looks like half a moon, it is called a quarter moon because it is one quarter of the way through its lunar cycle.