Chapter 8

Lesson 2
Earth and Moon

Pgs. 206-211
 What I Know!
In the margin of your paper,
write down what you know about
the moon.

Share with a partner.

1. Earth’s closest neighbor in
space is the Moon.
2. Moonlight is reflected light
from the Sun.
3. The Moon has rocks similar to
those on Earth, but no air or
water.
4. Temperatures on the Moon can
be both hotter and colder than
any place on Earth.
5. The Moon’s surface is covered
by craters made by meteoroids.
 6. When meteoroids enter the
Earth’s atmosphere, they
become hot and burn before they
hit Earth’s surface.
7. The Moon orbits Earth once
in just over 29 days.
8. At any given time, the Sun
lights half of the Moon.
9. As the Moon orbits Earth, we
see different parts of it lit as it
cycles through all of its phases.
10. The Moon’s gravity causes
tides, the daily rise and fall of
the ocean’s surface.
11. A shadow cast by Earth or
the Moon is an eclipse.
12. Earth casts a shadow on the
Moon during a lunar eclipse.
13. A lunar eclipse happens when
Earth is directly between the Sun
and the Moon.
 14. The Moon casts a shadow
on Earth during a solar eclipse.
15. A solar eclipse happens only
when there is a new Moon.
 16. All of the
Sun’s light is
blocked during
a total solar
eclipse.
 Exit Question
Which do you think occurs more
often, a partial solar eclipse or a
total solar eclipse? Explain your
reasoning.

Share your
answer with a
partner.
17. A partial solar eclipse occurs
more often than a total solar
eclipse because for a total solar
eclipse to occur, Earth, the
Moon, and the Sun must line up
exactly in a straight line to
totally block the Sun. More
often their alignment is not
exactly in a straight line, which
creates a partial solar eclipse.