Name: __________________________________________Date: _____________________ Period: ___
Bill Nye: The Moon
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3cvnk6
1. The Earth moves around the _____________ and the moon moves around the ________________.
2.
The moon looks dif
ferent to us on ear
th because
of the way the _
_________ hits it.
Moonlight is
really _________________.
3. During a new moon, the moon is between you and the ______________. During a new moon, you
can’t ________ the moon.
4. During a half moon, sunlight is falling on ______________ of the moon.
5. During a full moon, earth is between the sun and the ___________________.
7.
The moon does no
t have as much __
___________
__________ a
s the earth.
8.
Where did the moon come fr
om? One the
ory claims that _
____________
___ was hit by an ast
eroid
and a
piece of ________________ flun
g off. The pu
ll of gravity held it
in ______________
around the
earth. 9. The _________________ of the moon pulls on everything on earth.
10.
The moons gravity pulls on e
arth’s _________
__________,
which is the main
reason we have
____________________.
11. A _________________________ is when the shadow of the moon falls on the earth.
12. A _________________________ is when the shadow of the earth falls on the moon.
13. Why don’t get an eclipse every month? Its all because the moons orbit has a little
___________________.
15. The gravity on the moon is _____________________ of the gravity on earth.
16.
The moon looks diff
erent because
of its ______
____________
_________.
17. The moon does not have an _______________________________. It does not have oceans, plants
or wildlife. BUT the moon does have moon ___________________.
18.
What is the diff
erence b
etween a full moon an
d a new moon?
___________________________________________________________________________________.
20.
The most interesting th
ing I learned during
this video is:
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________