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 different to us on earth 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 ___________________.
6. Moon glow is really ________________________.
7. The moon does not have as much _______________________ as the earth.
8. Where did the moon come from? One theory claims that ________________ was hit by an asteroid
and a piece of ________________ flung off. The pull of gravity held it in ______________ around the
earth. 9. The _________________ of the moon pulls on everything on earth.
10. The moons gravity pulls on earth’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
___________________.
14. An eclipse is whenever ____________________ is blocked.
15. The gravity on the moon is _____________________ of the gravity on earth.
16. The moon looks different 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 difference between a full moon and a new moon?
19. I still have questions about:
___________________________________________________________________________________.
20. The most interesting thing I learned during this video is:
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