Random Space Questions
Stars
Earth's Revolution
Earth's Rotation
Moon Shapes
100
Explain: why does the moon seem to disappear in the daytime?
Because the sun is lighting up the sky. The moon and stars don’t disappear, they are just difficult to see when the sunlight fills the sky.
100
Scientists are using technology to study the stars. What kind of tool would help the scientists BEST see the stars?
A space telescope, or the Hubble space telescope
A standard telescope could help the scientists see star patterns, or the moon, but it would not help them see the stars up close. It would not the be BEST tool.
100
True or false: The sun rotates around the Earth causing different season.s
False, the EARTH rotates around the sun, which causes different seasons.
100
True or false:
The stars move across the night sky.
The stars do not move. They only appear to move due to Earth's movement.
100
True or false: The moon has changed its shape from a half circle to a three-quarter circle.
True, the moon has changed its shape from a half circle to a three-quarter circle.
200
What are the three types of stars that we learned about? (Hint: they're not always in a "pattern")
single star, pattern/constellation, shooting star
200
The Big Dipper is an example of ___________.
A constellation or group of stars.
200
How many days does it take for the Earth to complete one revolution around the sun?
365 days (and 6 hours).
200
How many hours does it take the Earth to complete one rotation on its own axis?
24 hours, or a day.
200
It appears as though the moon disappears and the sun comes out in the daytime. Based on what you know, explain why this is happening in the daytime.
The moon is rotating toward the sun.
300
What phase of the moon is this?
A crescent.
300
A scientist took this picture and concluded that ________.
a) all stars have the same brightness
b) all stars show a pattern
c) not all stars show a pattern
d) stars are not always visible
c) not all stars show a pattern.
300
Explain why we see different patterns of stars during the different seasons.
Earth revolves around the sun and faces different star patterns.
300
Earth's rotation is evident when stars...
a) appear to move across the sky
b) get brighter during the nighttime
c) move farther away from us
d) stay fixed so we can see the Earth move
a) when the stars appear to move across the sky
300
After a full moon, describe the next shape of the moon.
The shape changes to a three-quarter moon.
400
True of false:
The moon orbits the Earth.
True! The moon does move around Earth, similar to how Earth moves or circles the sun.
400
Light pollution from cities changes __________.
a) how stars appear in the sky
b) the distance stars are away from us
c) the number of stars in the sky
d) the size of stars in the sky
a) Light pollution changes how stars appear in the sky! Because of light pollution, it may often look like there are very few, or no stars in the sky.
400
Why does the sun appear to move across the sky?
a) Because the sun rotates and moves around Earth
b) Because the sun rotates and moves through space
c) Because Earth rotates and moves around the sun
c) Because Earth rotates and moves around the sun.
400
At the beginning of the night, the moon is low in the sky. Later in the night, it is high in the sky. Explain why the moon appears to move in the sky.
The Earth is rotating!
400
The shape of the moon changes over the course of about a month. What determines the shape at any time during the course of the month?
The position of the moon as it orbits around Earth.
500
Explain why it can be daytime on one side of the Earth, but nighttime on the other side.
...because the Earth is revolving around the sun and rotating on its own axis. So, when one side of the Earth is facing the sun, it is day time. When part of the Earth is facing AWAY from the sun, it is night.
500
Fill in the blank:
Star patterns in the winter are ________ star patterns in the summer.
a) the same as
b) different than
b) different than
Stars patterns are different in each season.
500
What happens to the extra 6 hours that happen in the year? What do we call it?
Because there are an extra 6 hours at the end of each year, we use them to create a "leap year", a year with an extra day in it!
500
What is the invisible line that the Earth rotates on called?
Its axis.
500
Describe how the shape of the moon will change after a few days.
The shape would change to a half moon.