Copyright© Edgenuity Inc.Earth-Moon-Sun System ModelStudent GuideAssignment SummaryFor this assignment, youwill develop and use a model of the Earth-Moon-Sunsystem to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases and eclipses of the Sun and moon. You also will model and illustrate how the tilted Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night. You will then create a multimedia presentation featuring your models.Background InformationEarth rotates on its axis, which causes day and night. Earth also revolves around the Sun. The path Earth follows is called its orbit. It is shaped like an oval. The moon orbits Earth in the same way. It revolves around Earth and rotates on its axis in 27.3 days. Because it rotates and revolves around Earth in the same time frame, a “day” and a “year” on the moon are the same, and the same side of the moon always faces Earth. As Earth revolves around the Sun, theseasonschange. Earth is actually closest to the Sun when the Northern Hemisphere experiences winter. The cause of the seasons is actually Earth’s tilt. Summer in the Northern Hemisphere occurs when the north is tilted toward the Sun. The Sun's rays hit Earth more directly,which heatsthe surface. During the Northern Hemisphere’s winter months, the north is tilted away from the Sun. So, the Sun'srays hit Earthless directly. When the Northern Hemisphere experiencessummer, the Southern Hemisphere experienceswinter. When the Southern Hemisphere experiencessummer, the Northern Hemisphere experienceswinter. The moon has different shapes at different times of the month that are caused by the relative positions of the moon, Earth, and the Sun. Half of the moon is almost always lit by the Sun, but since the moon revolves around Earth, we see it from different angles. The phase of the moon you see depends on how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth. Earth’s axis tiltsat 23.5 degrees. The moon’s axis tiltsat about 5degrees. Because of the tilt of both the moon and Earth, the moon does notoften get in Earth’s shadow,and the moon’s shadow does not often cover Earth. A solar eclipse happens when a new moon blocks our view of the Sun. A lunar eclipse occurs at a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the Sun.

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