1. Miss Schmitt Ag Earth Science Chapter 30
Moons
Miss Schmitt
Ag Earth Science
Chapter 30

2. Vocabulary
You will have a vocabulary sheet for both chapter 29 and 30 tomorrow

3. Definitions Moon Satellite Crater A natural satellite
Anything that orbits a larger object
Crater
Bowl shaped depression

4. Planets with moons
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn

5. Planets that have satellites
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

6. Earth’s Moon Close enough to easily be seen
Interior of the moon is much like the Earth’s core but much cooler
The moons origin
Hypothesized it used to be a part of Earth

7. Earth and it’s moon

8. Venus and Earth’s Moon

9. Mars Moons 2 Moons Orbit very quickly around the planet
Phobos and Deimos
Orbit very quickly around the planet
Irregular shape
not spherical like Earth’s moon

10. Jupiter moons Has at least 17 possibly up to 40
Io is the closest to Jupiter and similar in size to Earth’s moon
Io has active volcanoes on it
Many of Jupiter’s rings are associated with it’s rings

11. Saturn Moons Has at least 18 moons Titan Largest moon
Has an atmosphere composed mostly of nitrogen

12. Satellites Uranus Neptune Pluto Has about 20
Has 8 icy satellites/moons
Pluto
1 – Charon – half the size of Pluto

13. Activity
Section 30.3
Fold your paper in half like a hot dog
Then fold it in half the other way
Repeat the second fold
You should end up with 8 boxes
On this sheet of paper you will recreate the phases of the moon. On one side you will draw that phase, on the back describe that phase.