Earth's rotation
Earth rotates on its?
Axis
Shadows can be created be any?
Object
Earth does what around the sun?
What is the most famous constellation.
BIG dipper
Ancient civilizations used what to tell time?
Sundials
Earth rotation takes?
24 hours
When the sun appears high in the sky shadows appear?
short
How long does it take for the Earth to revolve around the Sun?
365 1/4 days
What is the big dippers little brother?
little dipper.
24 hours is how long?
Earth rotates on its axis which way?
Counter clockwise
When an object blocks light a what is created?
Shadow
As Earth orbits the Sun our ____ __ ___ will increase or decrease.
Length of day
Some stars can be seen year round from the?
Northern Hemisphere.
The sun sets in which direction?
West
The sun rises in the?
East
Shadows are what color?
Black
For 6 months during the year our days keep getting ______.
longer
Another name for the North Pole star?
North Star or Polaris
At what time in the day do shadows get the shortest?
noon
True or false the shadows are opposite to the sun
TRUE
When the sun is closer to the horizon shadows appear?
long
Our length of day is the amount of time the Sun is _____
Visible
Name one of the constellations in winter.
Gemini, Orion, and Taurus
True or false the Sun rotates on it's axis?
False the Earth rotates on it's axis.