Earth and Environmental



Station 1 a piece of white paper, the student will use the image that comes up to create a diagram of the phases of the moon for February 2017. The diagram should include the Earth, sun and moon phases properly placed. Each phase should be labeled with it’s appropriate name as well as the date on which it will take place in the month. Example of diagramleft781050016192509163051619250716280160972553530538385751259205003295650147828000403860076390500254317575438000276225012973050037623752781300027336742590800032854909715500301942550673000Station 2 watching the video, the student will respond to the following questions in complete sentences.What are the 10 reasons people think that the moon landing was faked?Do you think that it is possible that the landing was faked? Why or why not? Respond with a minimum of 7 sentences.Station 3 the information and look at the animations on this page. In your own words, explain why we never see the dark side of the moon. What would happen if the moon stopped rotating as it orbited the Earth?Station 4 a piece of white paper, create a diagram of a lunar eclipse and write a brief explanation of what it is. Next, create a diagram of a solar eclipse and write a brief explanation of what it is. Then answer the following questions.What is an annular eclipse?Describe two types of shadows cast during eclipses. How often do solar eclipses happen?Why does NASA study eclipses?Station 5 watching the video, answer the following questions.Describe tidal force.What is the overall effect of tidal force?Why does the moon have less gravity than the Earth?How big is the Earth?How much time is there between each high and low tide?How quickly is the moon moving away from the Earth?What is tidal locking?How much less is the sun’s tidal force than the moon?What is a spring tide? Neap tide?Station 6 you watch the video, answer the following questions.What does the overall movement around the sun create?What is the path called that we can see the sun moving along during the course of a year?How many years does the precession of the Earth’s axis take?Where did the Earth’s axis point 5,000 years ago? 12,000 years ago?What is mainly caused by gravitational forces of the sun and the moon acting on Earth?What is the primary cause of the seasons?How much does the Earth’s axis tilt in relation to it’s orbital plane?What is directly related to ice ages on the Earth?Station 7 reading through the information, answer the questions in the review section. ................
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