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Bell Ringer – Nov 29 *In which location is it summer in the Northern Hemisphere? Why?
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EQ – Why does the Moon have a different appearance each night?
Moon Phases (PAGE 62) EQ – Why does the Moon have a different appearance each night?
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1 - Half the moon is always lit by the Sun
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2. It takes the moon about 29 days to make one orbit (revolution) around the Earth
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3 - As the Moon revolves (orbits) around the Earth, the amount of light we see on the Moon changes (increases or decreases.)
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**The amount of light never changes, just the amount of light that we see changes.
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New Moon – the side of the moon facing the Earth is totally unlit (between the Earth & Sun)
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Full Moon – the side of the moon facing the Earth is totally lit (behind the Earth)
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Waxing Moon – the amount of moonlight we see is increasing (right side of Moon)
New Waxing Moon Full Moon Moon
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Waning Moon - the amount of moonlight we see is decreasing (left side of Moon)
Waxing Moon Full Moon Waning Moon
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Crescent Moon – less than half of the lighted side of the moon is visible
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Gibbous Moon – more than half of the lighted side of the moon is visible
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First Quarter – a waxing moon that half the lighted side is visible
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Third Quarter – a waning moon that half the lighted side is visible
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CAN YOU NAME THESE PHASES?
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Bell Ringer *Take out your notebook *Put line under previous Answers
*Put date under the line *Answer Day 1 Questions
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