unit11 science
unit11 science
Earth in space
Ms. Noha
The Moon:
Many years ago ancient Greeks and Romans thought
that the Sun, stars and Moon went around (orbited)
the Earth but this wasn’t true as Copernicus and
Galileo studied the Sun and discovered that the
Earth goes around the Sun and the Moon goes
around the Earth.
The Moon takes 29.5 days to travel around the
Earth. We call that a lunar month.
A waxing Moon:
A waxing Moon is when the Moon looks as though it is
getting bigger.
A waning Moon:
A waning Moon is when the Moon looks as though it is
getting smaller.
A full Moon:
A full Moon is when the face of the Moon is fully turned
towards the Sun and we can see the whole moon.
A new Moon:
A new Moon is when the face of the Moon points towards
us and is hidden from the Sun, so we hardly see it at all.