EIS 1.1 Our Ideas About Space
Period 1
A.Earth turning around on its axis 360 degrees is responsible
for the length of one day… The rotation of Earth…
The revolution of Earth is responsible for the length of a
year…Earth’s rotation around the Sun…the amount of time
it takes Earth to go around the Sun…
B. Earth’s axis is tilted which affects the angle the Sun hits
Earth which causes the seasons to change…the revolution
of Earth and the axis tilt…
C. The Moon appears to change shape because it’s in a
different spot each day…it’s in synchronized orbit with the
Earth so the Earth passes in front of it…The sunlight
reflects off the Moon…the Sun is at a different angle than
the Moon…
D.A lunar eclipse is when the Earth blocks the Sun from the
Moon.
A solar eclipse is when the Moon becomes in synch with
the Sun and the Moon’s shadow hits Earth…
E. The points of light in the night sky are stars, galaxies,
planets, lights, constellation. We don’t see them during the
day because the Sun is brighter so we can’t see them.
F. Figure 1.2 is glaciers…Mars…The processes creating it are
water…lava…liquid…earthquakes…tectonic
plates…volcanoes. Yes, these features could be found on
other planets.
G.Gravity exists everywhere…Earth…all the planets in our
solar system/space…the Moon. It’s strongest on objects
with large mass…Jupiter…center of galaxy…blackhole.
It’s weakest out in space where there are no
planets…Neptune…Pluto…
H.The gravitational rings keep planets in orbit…strings…
I. The gravitational pull of the Moon causes tides…a gigantic
whale breathing in and out…
J. Figure 1.4 shows a meteor – there are showers of them…a
comet which could cause damage if it hits Earth/a big ball
of ice with a tail…stars…planets
EIS 1.1 Our Ideas About Space
Period 2
A.One rotation around the Earth is responsible for one
day…The Earth spinning around on its axis once….The
rotation of the Earth…
The orbit of Moon around Earth is responsible for the
length of one year…The Earth spinning around the Sun
once…The Earth going around the Sun…
B. Moon rotating around Earth causes seasons…The orbit of
Earth…the Earth getting closer or farther from the
Sun…Mother nature…The shape and tilt of Earth’s axis…
C. The Sun reflecting light off of the Moon in different ways
causes the Moon to change shape…The location of the
Moon, Sun, and Earth…Clouds…Moon takes the shape
from the shadow of Earth.
D.A lunar eclipse is when the sunlight to the Moon is blocked
by Earth…When the Earth comes between the Moon and
Sun…When the Moon goes between Earth and Sun…
A solar eclipse is when the Moon’s shadow hits Earth…
When the Moon goes between Earth and Sun…When the
Moon blocks the Sun going to Earth.
E. The points of light are stars, planets, globular clusters,
galaxies. No we can’t see the points of light during the
daytime because the Sun blocks the points of light…people
of the other side could see them.
F. Figure 1.2 is a mountain range with valleys created by
water. Figure 1.3 is a volcano which can be created by
earthquakes. These can be found on other planets.
G.Gravity exists when there is as pull near the
planets…Jupiter has a strong force of
gravity…Earth…Sun. Moon has a weaker force of
gravity..Mars…space.
H.Gravitational pull keeps the planets in orbit around the
Sun…from Sun.
I. The Moon gravitational pull causes tides…Wind…
J. The object in 1.4 is a comet...kind of like a shooting
stars…they come by every so many years…small
moons…fly through sky…dead stars…icy rocks.
EIS 1.1 Our Ideas About Space
Period 3
A.The Earth rotating 360 degrees is responsible for the length
of one day…The angle of the Earth…The rotation of
Earth…
The distance from the Earth to the Sun is responsible for
the length of one year…The Earth going around the
Sun…The rotation of Earth around the Sun…
B. Seasons are caused when Earth on its axis is tilted different
towards the Sun…The Earth’s orbit…When the Earth is
closest to the Sun is summer, so the distance from the Sun
determines how cold or warm it is…
C. What causes the Moon to change shape is the light of the
Sun hitting the Moon…the Moon moving away from the
Sun…The amount of light hitting the Moon…
D.A lunar eclipse is an increase of light hitting the
Moon…When the Moon is in front of the Earth and the
Moon is in front of the Sun…When the Moon is on the
other side of Earth as compared to the Sun…
A solar eclipse is when the line up is Earth-Moon-Sun.
E. The points of light are stars…galaxies...planets…
constellation. They can not be seen it the daytime because
the Sun is too bright…except for the Sun is a star.
F. Figure 1.2 is of a mountain with snow valleys formed by
water. It can happen on other planets. Figure 1.3 is a lava
caused by and eruption of a volcano…Earthquakes.
G.Gravity exists on Earth. It’s strong on the Sun, Jupiter
because it has more mass…It’s weakest on the Moon,
smaller planets like Pluto, other Kuiper Belt objects.
H.Sun’s gravitational pull keeps objects in orbit around
it…strings…
I. Tsunamis cause tides…The push and pull of the
Moon…earthquakes under water.
J. The object in 1.4 is a comet…satellite…UFO…comets are
a ball of ice that travel fast…can have a flame coming
through our atmosphere
EIS 1.1 Our Ideas About Space
Period 4
A.The rotation is responsible for the length of one day…Earth
spinning one time…
Earth going around the Sun is responsible for the length of
one year…the revolution of Earth going around the Sun…
B. Earth’s at an angle and it goes around the Sun which causes
seasons…The change in the seasons is caused by the
distance between the Earth and the Sun…The temp
changes…
C. The Moon appears to change shape because Earth is
blocking the Sun so it’s shadows hit the Moon…When the
Sun shines on the Moon, we only see part of the Moon
D.A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon goes in between the
Earth and the Sun…
A solar eclipse is when the Earth goes between the Sun and
the Moon…The Moon goes behind the Sun…
E. The points of light in the night sky are stars, planets,
galaxies, Moon, supernovas, aliens. We can’t see them
during the day because they blend in with the light of the
Sun so when it’s darker we can see them better.
F. Figures 1.2 shows a ridgetop with river and creek drainages
which can be found on other planets. Figure 1.3 was a
volcano.
G.Gravity exists everywhere…It’s strongest in a blackhole
and weakest in empty space. Gravity exists on an object
with mass…
H.The gravitational pull keeps planets in orbit around the Sun
I. The Moon causes tides.
J. Figure 1.4 is a comet which travels fast, a giant ball of ice
EIS 1.1 Our Ideas About Space
Period 5
A.The rotation of Earth is responsible for the length of one
day…The Earth spinning around is what causes the length
of one day…
The Earth spinning around the Sun is responsible for the
length of one year…Earth spinning around once…The orbit
of Earth…When the Earth spins around 360 degrees 365
times, it is one year…
B. The Sun getting to the other part of the world and giving
off less light making it colder and darker making it
winter… The tipping of Earth’s axis towards or away from
the Sun causes the seasons…Orbiting the Sun causes
seasons…The Sun rotating on its axis and the solstices
thing…The Earth orbits the Sun on a tilted axis and it
creates seasons when you’re closer or farther from the
Sun…The direction of the Earth facing the Sun is what
causes the season changes…
C. The Moon appears to change shape because of the rotating
around the Sun…because when a planet such as the Moon
is spinning around Earth and Earth spins around the Sun,
we get day and night and the Moon gets a light and a dark
side…the Earth’s shadow is covering different sections of
Earth through the course of the month…the Moon gets
blocked out by the Sun…because of its orbit around Earth
and how light reflects off its surface…
D. A lunar eclipse is caused when the Moon passes directly
through Earth’s shadow… Sun facing directly on the
Moon, or barely off & Moon is between Sun & Earth…A
solar eclipse occurs when the Moon’s shadow hits Earth.
E. The points of light are stars, planets, comets, suns, aliens,
satellites. These points of light can’t be seen (except for
the Sun) during the day because the Sun is brighter.
F. Figure 1.3 is a volcano. Figure 1.2 is a riverbed from
water/snow causing erosion...craters…mountain…fracture
lines from earthquakes and tectonic plates moving…Venus
& Mars have them.
G. Gravity exists on Earth, everywhere, black holes,
anywhere there is mass, any planet/place with a heated
core, everywhere but in different amounts…It’s strong
closer to the surface of something, the larger the amount of
mass, Earth because people walk normal. Less on the
Moon, Mars
H. Gravity…space sheet…gravitational pull throughout the
planets cores…Sun’s mass…magnetic field…inertia…
keeps planets in orbit around the Sun.
I. The Moon and the placement of it causes tides…the Sun
also…
J. The object is a shooting star coming from a comet…from a
meteor…The object is a comet which are big balls of ice
and are bright, leave tails, take a long time to come back
around…