SCIENCE

Question 1

Why does the moon have craters

Answer 1

The moon has craters because of meteors and astroids hitting it over time

Question 2

Does the earth have any craters on it

Answer 2

our atmosphere burns up most meteoroids before they reach the surface.So only little rocks hit it over time

Question 3

What happens in 1609

Answer 3

Galileo Galilei used a telescope to observe the moon.

Question 4

What happened in 1850

Answer 4

Astronomers took the first photographs of features of the moon.

Question 5

What happened in 1959

Answer 5

Luna 2 (USSR) became the first space probe to reach the moon

Question 6

What happened in 1964

Answer 6

Space probe Ranger 7 (USA) took the first close-up pictures of the moon.

Question 7

What happened in 1966

Answer 7

Luna 9 (USSR) became the first space probe to make a soft landing on the moon

Question 8

What happened in 1969

Answer 8

Apollo 11 (USA) carried three astronauts to and from the moon

Question 9

What happened in 1969–1972

Answer 9

Apollo missions 12 and 14–17 (USA) successfully reached the moon

Question 10

What happened in 2008

Answer 10

Chandrayaan-1 (India) discovered evidence of water and a large cave beneath the surface of the moon

Question 11

What happened in 2013

Answer 11

Chang’e 3 (China) landed with a six-wheeled lunar rover, called Yutu,

Question 12

Explain why both the time and position of sunrise and sunset are not the same every day.

Answer 12

The inclination of the Earth’s rotation axis

Question 13

why is the South Pole is in darkness during the Southern Hemisphere’s winter.

Answer 13

Its because of the rotational axe of the earth relative to the sun.

Question 14

What is a lunar moon

Answer 14

A month between a successive new moons

Question 15

How does a quarter moon occur

Answer 15

A quarter moon occurs when the sun is parsley covered shading the moon

Question 16

Why is the phase in which half the moon is visible called a quarter moon

Answer 16

Because only one side of the moon is shaded because half of it is covered by the sun

Question 17

Sometimes the moon is visible during the day.

(a)What phases of the moon would you be most likely to see during the day?

Answer 17

(A) all of them would be visible

Question 18

Sometimes the moon is visible during the day.

(b)Would it be possible to see a full moon during daylight hours? Explain your answer.

Answer 18

(B) No because the earth is covering half of it

Question 19

During which phase of the moon is it:

(a)between the sun and the Earth

Answer 19

(A) a new moon

Question 20

During which phase of the moon is it:

(b)on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun?

Answer 20

(B) It would be a full moon