1. Moon Phases By: Tiffany 6D

2. Definition Moon phase is different sides/ parts of the moon that is lighted. It can be seen in different shapes in almost every night. There are 8 different phases, they are: new moon, waxing crescent, 1 st quarter (half moon), waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, 3 rd quarter (half moon) and waning crescent.

3. Picture of Moon Phase

4. Causes of Moon Phase The moon phase is caused because of the position of the sun, moon and the earth. And even though the same half side of the moon is lit up, we still see the moon in different shape. This is because when the moon orbit around the earth, we see it in a different angle.

5. How It Happens (Process)

6. 1 st SUN EARTH MOON First, the sun shines on both the earth and the moon causing half of the earth and the moon lit up and the other half dark.

7. 2 nd SUN EARTH MOON Even if the moon orbit/ move around the earth, only one half of the moon will be lit up. This is because

8. 3 rd SUN EARTH = MOON But what causes us to see different shapes of the moon is because we see the lighted part of the moon in different angles every time it orbits earth.

9. Effects of the Moon Phases to Living Things The moon phases can effect our daily life especially during the night (when we can see the moon). Those impacts involve: Gardening Surgery Fishing Wood-chopping People’s diet And these impacts can be classified into two groups which is positive and negative.

10. Positive Effects

11. Gardening

12. Fishing

13. People’s Diet

14. Negative Effects

15. Wood-chopping

16. Surgery

17. Effects of the Moon Phases to Earth’s Condition

18. Spring Tide Spring tides occur when there is a full/ new moon. This is because when the moon and the sun is at one line, the gravitational force of the sun and the moon is combined and the gravity is stronger. When the large bodies of water is facing the full/ new moon, it is being pulled by the moon’s gravity. But the opposite side is also experiencing spring tide this is because the moon sorts of pulls the earth towards it causing the other watery side to be “left” behind.

19. Neap Tide During the 1 st / 3 rd quarter moon phase, the moon is at a right angle from the sun and so, the moon’s gravitational force isn’t combined with the sun’s gravitational force and the differences between the high and low tide isn’t that much different.

20. Positive Effects Sometimes during really low tides (Spring tide), some fishes and other marine objects are washed away to the shore so, people can take them and use them to eat, built something, etc When the water is shallow, it is safe for people to go to the beach because when the water is low, people can stand instead of drowning. When the tides are really high, people can ride boats and sail safely because if the tide was low, the boat won’t be able to move through the sands.

21. Negative Effects During the low tides, we can’t ride a boat and have to wait until the tides are higher so that the boat won’t get stuck in the sands. Because the tides are always changing, it’s hard to know when it is safe to do different things in the ocean.

22. Facts about the Moon The moon’s gravity is 1/6 of Earth’s gravity The moon has no weather so, the craters will last for millions of years in there. Some people in the equator can see the crescent moon like a smile. The view of the moon phase are opposites based on the northern and southern hemisphere.

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