E.Q.
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Summary
Describe all the ways students can get confused
when asked about moon phases.
Moon Facts:
 Causes tides
 Revolution and rotation are synched. They both take 29.5 days.
 Low gravity but still effects the Earth’s oceans.
 Only see one face because rotation is synched with revolution.
 Has many craters
 8 phases
 Grayish color
 Does NOT produce its own light. The only reason it gets bright is because the Sun’s
light reflects off it.
 The view from space is not the same as the view from Earth. Below is the what the
Moon phases look like from Earth.
 The phases go counter clockwise starting from New moon. The New moon is always
between the Sun and the Earth.
Write a summary about the lunar cycle here. Make sure to use complete sentences
and write a full paragraph, not just a few sentences.