Lesson 2 Make-up Lab

INTRODUCING THE SUN-EARTH-MOON SYSTEM

Use these internet cites to help you answer the questions below.

http://www.fearofphysics.com/SunMoon/sunmoon1.html

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

http://www.gravitation3d.com/documentation/systems/moon.html

http://www.astro.washington.edu/labs/eratosthenes/rung2.html

1. Draw what you know about the Sun-Earth-Moon system.

2. What is the diameter of the following:

a. Sun

b. Earth

c. Moon

3. How far apart are the Sun, Earth, Moon from each other?

4. Record the times at which the Moon rises and sets for one day. Sketch what it looked like in the sky.

Time a.m. _________________ Time p.m. ___________________

Sketch:

5. Define and sketch the following terms:

a. Rotation

b. revolution