Week 6 Blog

How the phases of the moon occur? 

  • The phases of the moon occur based on the Sun. The Sun lights the moon differently based on specific times and placements. The phases of the moon also occur due to the positioning of the Earth. They all play a part in the illumination of the moon. 

What causes the seasons? 

  • The seasons are caused by the hemispheres and their placement to the sun throughout the different times of the year. Along with the hemispheres comes the tilt of the Earth. The tilt and where the hemisphere is located is what causes the different seasons in the different parts of our world. 

What causes a lunar eclipse? 

  • The lunar eclipse is caused when the Earth is shadowing the moon so that it is a darker, deeper color than how it is originally.  The Earth is smack dab in the middle of the moon and the Sun, and that is the relationship between all of them when it comes to a lunar eclipse. 

    My biggest takeaway from the lecture was the diagram of the phases of the moon where it showed the placement of where it is with the Earth and the Sun. It was helpful to see where the placement of the moon is and what kind of phase it is in those different positions. This is the most helpful depiction I have seen to understand the phases of the moon thus far. We also learned about the seasons and how the Earth's axis plays a role in that. Lecture took the material we learned from the lab and furthered my understanding of it!

    In the textbook chapter this week, it furthered my understanding of what we discussed in the lab. The part that expanded my learning the most was the discussion about heliocentrism and geocentrism. We briefly touched on this in the lab, but the textbook helped me understand what those mean by reading about it. Geocentrism is the belief that the Earth is the center of our solar system, while heliocentrism is the belief that the sun is in the center of our solar system. Another thing I took away from the textbook was the phases of the moon, the names of those phases, and what those look like. The textbook basically just furthered my understanding of what we discussed in the lab. 

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