Science
Study Guide Chapter 4 Relationships Among the Sun, the Moon, and Earth
****Boys and Girls review your vocabulary list of words and definitions.
Read the following questions, and record words that would help you write
answers to questions on
your test. You are only writing words and maybe phrases on this study guide,
but on the test you will
be asked to answer questions with good complete sentences that include good
sentence structure ( no
fragments or run‐on sentences), correct capitalization and punctuation.
1. Record some examples of apparent motion. Be sure to include the sun’s
apparent motion across the
sky.
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2. Review your drawing of the moon and its light. Write some words to help you
explain why the moon
is bright in the sky at night. ________________________,
_______________________, _________________________,
_________________________
3. Review your drawings of the revolution of the earth around the sun and the
rotation of the earth on
its axis.
A. It takes the earth _________________________________or
_____________________________to travel around
(revolve) the sun.
B. It takes the earth ____________________or _________________________to turn
around (rotate) on its axis.
C. Where on Earth do the temperatures change very little from season to
season? _____________________
because
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D. The Earth’s axis is tilted. Record some words and phrases to help you write
good sentences
telling me how the Earth would be affected without the tilt.
_____________________________________,
__________________________________, _______________________________________,
_______________________________,
____________________________________, _____________________________________,
___________________________________
4. If you were lost in the desert and you didn’t have a compass to help you
find directions, how could
you use the sunset to help you find your way? _________________________,
__________________________,
__________________________, ___________________________,
_______________________________
5. Review your shadow lab results.
At what time of the day are shadows the shortest.
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At what time of the day are the shadows the longest.
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6. Review your cause and effect chart.
7. Review you drawings of the lunar and solar eclipse.
Which eclipse is safe to look at with your eyes?
____________________because______________________________
__________________________________________.
Which eclipse is unsafe to look at with your
eyes?___________________because____________________________
____________________________________________.
8. Review all of the phases on your moon phase drawing and labeling. Be sure
you recognize each
phase and the phase before and after. Could you draw and label the phases for
the test?
9. Could we survive on the moon now? Record words to help you answer this
question. _______________,
_________________________________, ____________________________________,
________________________________,
________________________________, __________________________________________
10. Complete this chart:
Phases of
the moon Tides Position of Earth Gravitational Pull of the
and Moon and Sun Moon and Sun on Earth
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weak
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strong
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11. What is a “blue moon”?
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