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SCIENCE 5
Quarter 4 – Week 5
Competency: Infer the pattern in the changes in the appearance of the Moon
Lesson: Earth and Space (S5ES-IVg-h-7)

Objective/s:
a. Describe the characteristics of the moon
b. Observe the apparent changes in the shape of the moon
c. Identify the different phases of the moon
d. Illustrate the phases of the moon
e. Infer the pattern in the changes in the appearance of the moon

Concept:

The moon is a dry, airless and a very barren place.

It is 384,400km from the Earth. Since it has no
atmosphere, there is no weather on the moon.
Because of its small size, its gravitational pull is not
strong enough to hold gases.
The moon is the only natural satellite that Earth has.
A satellite is an object that revolves around a larger object.
Moon’s appearance changes from time to time. Though
these changes are often associated with superstitious Figure1
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mo
beliefs, it has been scientifically proven that such changes on_right-view_(Clementine_dataset).png
have an impact in our lives.
The gravitational attraction between the moon and earth holds the moon close to
Earth. It also keeps the moon moving around the Earth. It takes the moon about 29
1/2 days to make one complete revolution around the Earth. This period is called a
month. Its period of rotation about its axis and its revolution around the Earth is
the same. Because of this, the same face of the moon always faces the Earth.
When the moon is between the sun and the Earth, the moon seems to be hiding
from the earth. This phase is called new moon. At this phase, the moon is not
visible from earth since the side of the moon that faces the earth is not illuminated.

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 ACTIVITY NO.1

Directions: Read the CONCEPT again. Fill in the blanks with the words that have been
deleted in the sentences.

The (1) _________ is a dry, airless and a very barren place. It is (2) ____________
from the Earth. Since it has no atmosphere, there is no weather on the moon.
Because of its small size, its (3) _______________________ ____________ is not strong
enough to hold gases.
The moon is the only (4) _______________ _______________ that Earth has. A (5)
____________ is an object that revolves around a larger object. Moon’s appearance
changes from time to time. Though these changes are often associated with
superstitious beliefs, it has been scientifically proven that such changes have an
impact in our lives.
The gravitational attraction between the moon and earth holds the moon close to
Earth. It also keeps the moon moving around the Earth. It takes the moon about (6)
_______________ to make one complete (7) ____________ around the Earth. This period
is called a (8) __________ Its period of rotation about its axis and its revolution around
the Earth is the same. Because of this, the same face of the moon always faces the
Earth.
When the moon is between the sun and the Earth, the moon seems to be hiding
from the earth. This phase is called (9) ________ _____________At this phase, the moon
is (10) _______ _________________ from earth since the side of the moon that faces the
earth is not illuminated.

Phases of the Moon

The moon reflects light from the sun and as it orbits around the Earth,
its surface appears lights to a viewer from Earth. We see this lighted surface
change shape at different times of the month. The apparent changes in the
shape of the moon refer to the phases of the moon.

The moon goes through all its phase every 29 1.2 days. You may have
seen the moon goes through the complete phases in one month. However, it
is not exactly one month. As seen from the Earth, the moon takes 29.53
days to move and return to the same phase. From the outside of the solar
system, the moon completes its cycle in 27.32 days – two days less. Why is
this so? The movement of the Earth changes our angle of vies with respect
to the moon.

The moon cycle consists of the new moon, full moon, first quarter, third
quarter, waxing crescent and waning crescent phases.

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 Study the phases of the moon.

When the moon lies between the sun and the Earth, the side of the moon that
faces Earth is in darkness. The moon is not visible in the sky. This phase is the
new moon.

As the moon continues to move in its orbit around the Earth, the lighted side
of the moon slowly becomes visible. This is called the waxing crescent. During
this time, the lighted part of the moon looks like the letter “C”. The moon is
waxing when its lighted portion appears to grow larger.

The first quarter phase appears the following week. This shows the moon
has traveled one-fourth of the way around Earth and the lighted area appears as
half-moon. On that day, the moon rises at noon and sets at midnight.

When most of the moon is lit and the lighted side is shaped like an egg, it is
called waxing gibbous. During this phase, the moon remains in the sky most of
the night.

In another week, the complete lighted side of the moon is visible in the sky.
This is the full moon. Earth is then somewhere between the moon and the sun.
This time, the moon is on opposite side of Earth, such that the entire lighted half
of the moon is facing us. The dark side of the moon is hidden from our view.

Like the waxing gibbous, more than half of the moon is visible during the
waning gibbous phase. When the lighted area appears to grow smaller, it is said
to be waning.

In the new two weeks,

the part of the moon visible
from Earth slowly gets smaller.
During the last quarter phase,
half of the moon is lighted. On
this day, the moon rises at
midnight and sets at noon.

Then the waning crescent

phase occurs when a small
portion of the moon is lit but
most of the surface is dark.

Eventually, the moon disappears

from view as the new moon.

Figure2
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_Phase_Di
agram_for_Simple_English_Wikipedia.GIF

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 ACTIVITY NO.2

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.

_____1. Which of the following is NOT true about the moon?

a. It is a satellite.
b. It is rocky and barren.
c. It revolves around the earth.
d. It produces its own light.
_____ 2. The phases of the moon are caused by _________.
a. The rotation of the earth on its axis.
b. The rotation of the sun on its axis.
c. The revolution of the Earth around the sun.
d. The revolution of the moon around the Earth.
_____ 3. How many days does it take the moon to go through a complete cycle?
a. 7 days c. 23 days
b. 29 days d. 27 days
_____ 4. From new moon to full moon phase, you see ________.
a. The same amount of the lighted side of the moon.
b. A decreasing amount of the lighted side of the moon.
c. An increasing amount of the lighted side of the moon.
d. More of the lighted side, then less of the lighted side of the moon
_____ 5. Why do we see different phases of the moon within a month?
a. Eclipses of the moon occur nightly.
b. Parts of the moon are always in shadow.
c. The moon smaller when it is farther from us.
d. We see only the lit part of the moon as it moves around Earth.

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 ACTIVITY NO.3

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer on the space provided

Column A Column B

_____ 1. The phase seen when the a. waning crescent

Moon is between the Sun and Earth

_____ 2. The phase when most of the lighted b. waxing crescent

portion of the moon is visible in the sky
seen before a full moon

_____ 3. The phase when the entire lighted portion c. waning

of the moon is seen in the sky

_____ 4. The phase when the moon appears in a d. new moon

semi-circular form and is seen after a new
moon.

_____ 5. The phase that appears after a waning e. full moon

crescent

_____ 6. The apparent changes in the shape of the f. phases of the moon
Moon

_____ 7. Earth’s only natural satellite g. moon

_____ 8. The period it takes for the moon to complete h. last quarter
one cycle

_____ 9. When the lighted area of the moon appears i. waxing

to grow smaller

_____ 10. When its lighted portion appears to grow larger. j. waxing gibbous

k. month

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 ACTIVITY NO.4

Directions: The orbits of the earth (around the sun) and the moon (around the
Earth) cause the pattern of the moon’s phases. Color in each of the moon phases
and label them accordingly.

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_Phase_Diagram_for_Simple_English
_Wikipedia.GIF
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_right-view_(Clementine_dataset).png

Prepared by:

RHEA G. SINIGAYAN
Isaac Lopez Integrated School
SDO Mandaluyong

Editors:

IMELDA O. GARCIA, PhD MARIA FE S. JACOBO

Content and Language Layout

Approved:

ROXANE S. VILLANUEVA
Education Program Supervisor, SCIENCE

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