Week 7 Earth Sun Moon

 Olivia Langosch 

In lab, we talked and learned about the planets that are closest to the sun. We discussed with our table groups about how big each planet is compared to the the sun, and how far away they actually are from each other. The pictures shown below are our measurements of our planets that we got from the sun. 

The big question from this weeks lab was "How big is the Solar System?" 

In Thursday's discussion, I learned more about the moon and the phases in general. I learned about how the moon looks different on one side and the other. That is because when the solar system was made, the moon was super close to the sun millions of years ago, so the moon has dark spots all over the one side form the sun damage millions of years ago. 

From the pressbook chapter, I learned more about the Tropics, like the way the shadows are pointing when you're on the Tropic of Capricorn, or Cancer. I do think I need more practice in this because I still get a bit confused but that is the only thing I think I still need to work on. I have no questions at this time!