CRCT Question

1. CRCT Question Why is there no weather on the moon? There is no atmosphere There is too much sun One side of the moon is always without sunlight. There isn’t enough gravity.

2. March Madness Science CRCT: Grade 6 Thursday, March 22 March Madness Grade 6

3. 1.A boundary where two tectonic plates come together, or collide, is called a A. divergent boundary. B. convergent boundary. C. transform boundary. D. transfer boundary. March Madness Grade 6

4. 2.Earth's core is mainly composed of A. iron and aluminum. B. silicon and hydrogen. C. iron and nickel. D. silicon and oxygen. March Madness Grade 6

5. Just Remember… Waxing Is like R___________! Light is on the right

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7. Rotation – the actual movement of the Earth spinning on _____________________

8. Revolution of Earth takes how long?

9. The Southern Hemisphere would tilt _______________the sun in the summer and vice versa in the winter.

10. There are two days each year where there is exactly 12 hours of darkness and 12 hours of light. AND Sun is directly overhead at the equator at noon. This is called?

11. What day has the MOST daylight?

12. Waxing means?

13. Waning means?

14. What phase? • You see a sliver of light on the right side of the moon

15. What Phase? • You can see half of the moon’s lighted side • The lighted side is the left side of the moon

16. If the light from the sun is being blocked, it would be called a _____________ eclipse

19. Photo of the earth taken by Apollo astronauts from the surface of the moon. Notice that the earth goes through “phases” if you are on the moon.

20. How did the moon form? Video clip of lunar formation

21. http://burro.cwru.edu Evidence from the composition (what it is made of) shows that the moon was formed by a collision of an object the size of Mars hitting the earth. The material that blasted into space began to orbit the earth and eventually collected up to form the moon.

22. Animation of lunar formation http://www.scientificpsychic.com

23. Collision Theory Evidence ! • Material on the moon is like our crust and mantle. Very little iron is there. • No atmosphere on the moon due to high energy impact. • Same oxygen atoms are on the earth and moon that are different from ones found in comets and meteoriods!

24. Stats of the Moon: One fourth earth's diameter Has 1/6 of our gravity Is 250,000 miles away Laser mirror left on the moon used to measure distance. 5. We also measure moonquakes.

25. NASA's Apollo missions Goal was to put men on the moon to explore and conduct scientific experiments. Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. He did so on July 20, 1969. Video clip of Apollo Missions

26. Remember!

27. Lunar far side looks very different from the side of the moon we always see!

28. Regolith – lunar soil – caused by meteorite impacts

29. Maria Maria Rays around craters Highlands

30. Apollo 15 Maria Highlands

31. newer crater Old crater Apollo 15

32. Photo Apollo 15

33. Earthrise Apollo 8

34. Crater Copernicus viewed from lunar orbit Apollo 12

35. Capturing the Sun:aluminum panel trapsatomic particles from the Sun during the Apollo 11 mission.

36. Apollo 12 Alan Bean descends the Intrepid's ladder

37. seismic experiment Apollo 14 Moonquakes occur because of the earth pulling on the moon. They are called “rock tides.”

38. Apollo 15

39. Rock sampling Apollo 15

41. Apollo 16 – getting soil samples

42. Apollo 17

43. Lunar lander and lunar rover.

44. Apollo 17 Fixing a fender

45. Crescent Earth rises above lunar horizon

46. Crescent Earth from Apollo 11 mission

47. RAFT Writing

48. Moon RAFT Format Journal Newspaper article Cartoon Audience Government Parents 5th grader Topic What it was like when you traveled to the moon! Role Writer Astronaut Reporter