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Moon Crater Shadows
🌙 Part 1: Understanding Moon Shadows
1. What creates shadows on the Moon's surface?
The Earth blocking light
The Sun's light being blocked by crater walls
Clouds on the Moon
The Moon's atmosphere
2. Why do shadows on the Moon appear very sharp and distinct?
The Moon is very cold
The Moon has no atmosphere to soften the shadows
The Moon is closer to the Sun
The Moon rotates very slowly
3. When the Sun is directly overhead a crater, the shadow inside will be:
Very long
Very short or almost none
Only on one side
The same size as always
4. Which factors affect the shape and length of crater shadows? (Tick all that apply)
The angle of the Sun's light
The depth of the crater
The shape of the crater walls
The colour of the Moon's surface
🔬 Part 2: Observations and Connections
5. Draw what you observed when the torch was held at a high angle above your crater:
6. Draw what you observed when the torch was held at a low angle to your crater:
7. Complete this sentence about your experiment:
When I changed the angle of the light, I noticed that the shadows _________________________ because _________________________.
8. How might Māori use their observations of Moon crater shadows in the maramataka (lunar calendar)?
9. Explain why some parts of deep craters on the Moon might stay in shadow all the time:
🌟 Part 3: Extension Challenge
10. Advanced: If you were an astronaut standing inside a deep crater during the lunar "day", predict what you would see when looking up at the crater rim:
11. Creative Thinking: Design an experiment to test how crater depth affects shadow length. List the steps you would follow:
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