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Geology Section 25.2 Homework: The Moon's Motions: Due Friday, 2/8/13
Read Section 25.2, pages 562-565. Answer the questions that follow.
Phases of Venus:
http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/animations/renaissance/venusphases.html
Lunar Phase Vocabulary:
http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/animations/lunarcycles/lunar_phaser.html
Animation for Lunar Phases:
http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/animations/lunarcycles/lunarapplet.html
Eclipse Interactive:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::800::600::/sites/dl/free/0072482621/78778/Eclipses_Nav.swf::Eclipse%20Interactive
NASA Eclipse Predictor:
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
Mr. Eclipse:
http://www.mreclipse.com/MrEclipse.html
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Last Name, First Name
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Period (Do not put nd, rd, or th after the number!)
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What was Galileo Galilei's evidence that the planets were orbiting the Sun, not the Earth?
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The Moon had phases
The planet Venus neither rises nor sets
The planet Venus has phases similar to the Moon
The planet Mars changed its position in the night sky
Why does the Moon rise and set about 50 minutes later each day on average?
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The Moon is in sync with the Sun
The Moon always has one side attracted to Earth
Earth must rotate an additional 13 degrees of rotation for a point on Earth's surface to be directly under the Moon again
The Moon is moving (revolving) around Earth
Both options 3 and 4 are correct
What word describes the Moon getting brighter over time in a lunar cycle?
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Waxing
Weeping
Warping
Waning
The Moon's orbit around the Earth is mostly
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circular
elliptical
square
rectangular
Gibbous means that
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more than half of the lunar disc is visible
less than half of the lunar disc is visible
the Moon is full
the Moon is new
Total Lunar eclipses occur when
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The Moon is in the umbra of the Earth
The Earth is in the umbra of the Moon
The Earth is in the penumbra of the Moon
The Moon is in the penumbra of the Earth
Which type of eclipse would it NOT be a good idea to look at with the unprotected eye?
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Total Solar Eclipse
Partial Solar Eclipse
Annular Solar Eclipse
Total Lunar Eclipse
ALL Solar Eclipse!
Describe why it is that the Moon goes through phases. What is happening? See animation above.
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What TWO conditions MUST be satisfied in order for a Lunar Eclipse to take place? In other words, what phase and planar arrangement is required? See animation above.
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