Essential Question What if there was no moon? Objectives Students will be able to: Describe formation theories of the moon Describe how the moon affects.
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Monday January 10, 2011 (Review for Semester Final Exam – Day 3)
Tuesday October 23, 2012 (Lunar History – The Formation of the Moon)
Chapter 25 Review Questions. 25.1 1a. In this model of the solar system – The sun is in the center of the universe. Heliocentric or Geocentric? 1b. True.
The Moon America’s manned exploration of the Moon was arguably the greatest engineering feat of the 20th century, perhaps one of the greatest of all time.
THE MOON. Definitions Year – time that a planet takes to go around the sun once. Revolution – motion of a body orbiting another body in space Prograde.
Jeopardy Theories General Astro Q’s Stars Seasons Moon Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy Science Galaxies.
What is it? The accepted theory of the moon’s formation is that a mars-sized planet collided with Earth and the debris from the Earth, over time, chunked.
100 300 200 300 500 400 500 400 300 200 It’s only a phase… Water you mean? Gneiss, tuff, & a little wacke The “do” point Geologists have their faults.
Catastrophic Events in the Solar System There are records in the surface and interior of the planets and their satellites that indicate the occurrence.
Sponge – What is a synchronous orbit?. Surface Features - Maria - oceans or seas. (Galileo thought they were oceans when he saw them through his.
