Outstanding questions and answers from lessons on the sun and moon by https://padlet.com/angelica_scarlato/f4cp4td0yecv en-us 2018-02-20 04:08:28 UTC 2026-03-16 22:59:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Why can’t we look at a total solar eclipse if it is blocking the sun? angelica_scarlato https://padlet.com/angelica_scarlato/f4cp4td0yecv/wish/233123509 Looking at the sun directly during an eclipse is more dangerous than looking at the full sun. The darkness that comes with an eclipse can cause us not to squint and move our eyes away from looking at the sun. An eclipse only happens for a few seconds and then we will be left looking directly at it, which can damage our eyes. ]]> 2018-02-20 04:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/angelica_scarlato/f4cp4td0yecv/wish/233123509 How did people land on the moon if there was no gravity? angelica_scarlato https://padlet.com/angelica_scarlato/f4cp4td0yecv/wish/233123592 The spaceship was built so that it can land in low gravity situations. ]]> 2018-02-20 04:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/angelica_scarlato/f4cp4td0yecv/wish/233123592 What causes day and night? angelica_scarlato https://padlet.com/angelica_scarlato/f4cp4td0yecv/wish/233123685 The Earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours. As the Earth rotates the side of the Earth that faces the sun experiences daytime and the side that faces away from the sun experiences nighttime. ]]> 2018-02-20 04:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/angelica_scarlato/f4cp4td0yecv/wish/233123685 What causes the seasons? angelica_scarlato https://padlet.com/angelica_scarlato/f4cp4td0yecv/wish/233123890 As the Earth rotates on its axis and travels around the sun it creates a pattern that happens over and over again. At certain times of the year the northern hemisphere leans toward the sun and the southern hemisphere leans away and at other times it is vice versa. This is what makes seasons. When the part of the world that you are living in is facing the sun it is warm and the days are long (summer). When you are on the spot that is leaning away from the sun it is cold and the days are short (winter). If the Earth was not tilted we would have the same season all year long.]]> 2018-02-20 04:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/angelica_scarlato/f4cp4td0yecv/wish/233123890 How does the sun rise and set? angelica_scarlato https://padlet.com/angelica_scarlato/f4cp4td0yecv/wish/233124008 The sun does not actually rise and set but it appears to because of the earths rotation on its axis. The earth turns towards the east so the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. 
 
]]> 2018-02-20 04:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/angelica_scarlato/f4cp4td0yecv/wish/233124008 Why don't the phases of the moon happen on the same day each month? angelica_scarlato https://padlet.com/angelica_scarlato/f4cp4td0yecv/wish/233124126 The phases of the moon do not happen on the same days each month because the moon's orbit around the Earth does not take exactly one month.

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