Week 6

 What is your best understanding about?

  1. How do the phases of the moon occur?

Throughout the month the moon is moving around the earth and changing the shape of the moon 


  1. What causes the seasons?

Seasons change based on the earth's rotations around the sun and the axis. 


  1. What causes a lunar eclipse? 

The sun and moon cross paths. The sun goes in front of the moon. 


  1. The big question addressed in the lab, and a description of what you did.

There were three big questions that we talked about in the lab. The first one was, how do the phases of the moon occur? To answer this question we used a globe, flashlight and ball to look at the different moon phases. We were able to move the ball around the earth to see this. The second question was, what causes the seasons? We learned the seasons all depend on the earth's axis as it goes around the sun. The final question was, what causes a lunar eclipse? To answer this question we also used the light, globe and ball. We were able to see that a lunar eclipse is when the earth moves between the sun and the moon. 


  1. A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture.

 Throughout the lecture we learned so much. We talked about the moon phases and how the moon could look throughout the day. We learned that there are different moon phases including new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, and waning crescent. These phases happen over four weeks and continue to happen. We also talked about the different seasons and how it all depends on the axis of the moon. We talked about how the tropic of capricorn and tropic of cancer lines work. Seasons all depend on the axis of the earth and the orbit the earth is on. We also reviewed that the idea that everything goes around came from the bible and catholic church but that had been proven incorrect. 


  1. Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading:

  1. What did you learn?

In this week's reading of the textbook we learned all about the solar system. The textbook talks about the 8 planets. Which include mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The first four planets were rocky planets because they have a solid surface. The last four planets are gaseous planets because they are all composed of gas. We learned that Pluto is not considered a planet because it does not have gravitational dominance. 

  1. What was most helpful?

I found the video to be very helpful. I liked how in depth they got and it made it easier to understand. 

  1. What do you need more information on?

I am still confused about how the moon was formed. 

  1. What questions/concerns/comments do you have?

Did the moon get shaped because it ran into the earth and the earth broke into pieces or did it get formed from another planet? 

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