You can use your computer, slides, and this link to answer these questions. You must put down the slide number or copy and paste the site you used. Google is not a valid answer. After you complete the questions you will create a diagram (please label) of all the phases of the moon in order (starting with a new moon), a solar eclipse, and a lunar eclipse out of the paper and cardboard I pass out. Please label all parts of the eclipses. This is due at the end of class.

What direction does the Sun rise from? What direction does it set in? Is this true for all parts of the world? Please explain your reasoning.
What is a solar day?
Is the Earth’s orbit around the sun a perfect circle? Please explain.
What angle is the Earth tilted at?
How does the tilt of the Earth affect us?
What are the sequential changes in the appearance of the moon called?
How much of the moon is lit up by the sun at all times? Why?
Explain the orbit of the moon.
List the order of the moon’s phases, starting with the new moon until the next new moon.
What is the difference between the waxing phases and the waning phases?
True or False. From Earth you will only see about half of the moon your entire life. Explain your answer.
Compare a lunar eclipse to a solar eclipse.