Vocabulary
an exploding ball of burning gas held together by gravity
What is a star?
How many Time Zones are in the US?
What is 6
Is the sun the smallest star?
What is no
Earth pins on its what?
What is Axis
Around what time does the sun rise?
What is 6:00 a.m.
How far light can travel in 1 year. Light travels at 186,000 miles each second.
What is a lightyear?
How many Time Zones are there TOTAL?
What is 24?
a group of stars that appears to form a pattern or picture
What is a constellation?
The third planet from the sun
What is Earth
Where does the sun rise each morning?
What is the East?
the action of rotating around an axis or center.
What is Rotation?
Why do we have time Zones?
Teacher approved response
Why do stars look so small?
What is distance
As Earth moves around the sun, what does the earth do?
What is "tilt toward"
At what time is the sun at it's highest point?
What is 12:00 Noon?
a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
What is a shadow?
Who created the concept of Time Zones?
Scientists in London, England
What is the color of the hottest stars?
What is Blue
What are two patterns (things) that humans experience because of the Earth’s rotation?
What is day and night and shadows
What is the West?
how bright the star appears from Earth
What is apparent magnitude?
Name all the Time Zones in the US
What is Eastern Standard Time, Pacific Standard Time, Central Standard Time, Mountain Time, Alaska, Hawaii
Name 3 constellations we have discussed
What is Orion, Hercules, The Big Dipper, Ursa Minor, Ursa Major, Leo, Virgo, Aqaurius
In 2 or more sentences, explain the difference between rotation and revolution.
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What do we experience because of Earth’s revolution?
What is a year