Moons

Miss Schmitt

Ag Earth Science

Chapter 30

Vocabulary

• You will have a vocabulary sheet for both chapter 29 and 30 tomorrow

Definitions

• Moon– A natural satellite

• Satellite– Anything that orbits a larger object

• Crater– Bowl shaped depression

Planets with moons

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Planets that have satellites

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Pluto

Earth’s Moon• Close enough to easily be seen

• Interior of the moon is much like the Earth’s core but much cooler

• The moons origin–Hypothesized it used to be a part of

Earth

Earth and it’s moon

Venus and Earth’s Moon

Mars Moons

• 2 Moons–Phobos and Deimos

• Orbit very quickly around the planet

• Irregular shape –not spherical like Earth’s

moon

Jupiter moons

• Has at least 17 possibly up to 40

• Io is the closest to Jupiter and similar in size to Earth’s moon– Io has active volcanoes on it

• Many of Jupiter’s rings are associated with it’s rings

Saturn Moons• Has at least 18 moons

• Titan– Largest moon – Has an atmosphere composed mostly of

nitrogen

Satellites• Uranus

– Has about 20

• Neptune– Has 8 icy satellites/moons

• Pluto– 1 – Charon – half the size of Pluto

Activity• Section 30.3

– Fold your paper in half like a hot dog– Then fold it in half the other way– Repeat the second fold

• You should end up with 8 boxes

• On this sheet of paper you will recreate the phases of the moon. On one side you will draw that phase, on the back describe that phase.