CRCT QuestionWhy is there no weather on

the moon?A.There is no atmosphereB.There is too much sunC.One side of the moon is

always without sunlight.D.There isn’t enough gravity.

March Madness Grade 6

March MadnessScience CRCT: Grade 6Thursday, March 22

March Madness Grade 6

1. A boundary where two tectonic plates come together, or collide, is called a

A. divergent boundary. B. convergent boundary. C. transform boundary. D. transfer boundary.

March Madness Grade 6

2. Earth's core is mainly composed of

A. iron and aluminum.B. silicon and hydrogen.C. iron and nickel.D. silicon and oxygen.

Just Remember…

Is like

Light is on the right

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Rotation – the actual movement of the Earth spinning on _____________________

Revolution of Earth takes how long?

The Southern Hemisphere would tilt _______________the sun in the summer and vice versa in the winter.

• There are two days each year where there is exactly 12 hours of darkness and 12 hours of light. AND Sun is directly overhead at the equator at noon. This is called?

What day has the MOST daylight?

Waxing means?

Waning means?

What phase?

• You see a sliver of light on the right side of the moon

What Phase?

• You can see half of the moon’s lighted side• The lighted side is the left side of the moon

If the light from the sun is being blocked, it would be called a _____________ eclipse

Shadow has two partsa. _________ - total darkness

where total eclipse occurs.

Two kinds of eclipsesa. ______________- earth casts a shadow on the

MOON - occurs only at Full moon

Notice that the earth goes through “phases” if you are on the moon.

Video clip of lunar formation

Evidence from the composition (what it is made of) shows that the moon was formed by a collision of an object the size of Mars hitting the earth. The material that blasted into space began to orbit the earth and eventually collected up to form the moon.

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•Material on the moon is like our crust and mantle. Very little iron is there.•No atmosphere on the moon due to high energy impact.•Same oxygen atoms are on the earth and moon that are different from ones found in comets and meteoriods!

Collision Theory Evidence !

Stats of the Moon:1. One fourth

earth's diameter

2. Has 1/6 of our gravity

3. Is 250,000 miles away

4. Laser mirror left on the moon used to measure distance.

5. We also measure moonquakes.

Goal was to put men on the moon to explore and conduct scientific experiments.

Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. He did so on July 20, 1969.

Video clip of Apollo Missions

Remember!

No atmosphere therefore no weather and the sky is black even

during the day.

Lunar far side looks very different from the side of the moon we always see!

Regolith – lunar soil – caused by meteorite impacts

Maria

Rays around craters

Maria

Highlands

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Maria

Highlands

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Old crater

newer crater

Photo Apollo 15

Earthrise Apollo 8

Crater Copernicus viewed from lunar orbit

Apollo 12

Capturing the Sun:aluminum panel trapsatomic particles from the Sun during the Apollo 11 mission.

Apollo 12

Alan Bean descends the Intrepid's ladder

seismic experiment

Apollo 14

Moonquakes occur because of the earth pulling on the moon. They are called “rock tides.”

Apollo 15

Rock samplingApollo 15

Apollo 16 – getting soil samples

Apollo 17

Lunar lander and lunar rover.

Fixing a fender

Apollo 17

Crescent Earth rises above lunar horizon

RAFT Writing

Moon RAFT

RoleWriter

Astronaut

Reporter

Audience

Government

Parents

5th grader

FormatJournal

Newspaper article

Cartoon

TopicWhat it was like

when you

traveled to the moon!