Vocabulary
Stars
Shadows
Miscellaneous
100
What is a large ball of hot burning gas called?
What is a star?
100
True or False - stars are made from a large ball of cold gas.
What is -False
100
What creates a shadow?
What is when an object blocks light?
100
What is the moon made of?
What is rock?
200
What is the name of the word that means spin (hint the Earth does this)?
What is rotate?
200
What is the closest star to Earth?
What is the sun?
200
True or False - do shadows change throughout the day?
What is true?
200
About how long does it take for the moon to go through all of it's phases?
What is about 1 month (27 days)?
300
What do you call a group of stars that create a pattern?
What is a constellation?
300
What color is the hottest star?
What is blue/white?
300
What happened to the sundials that we made and put outside?
What is we noticed that the shadow changed throughout the day?
300
The Earth rotates on what?
What is its axis?
400
What is the path the Earth takes around the sun is called?
What is an orbit?
400
Some stars are are larger than others and some are closer to us. (Answers may vary)
Why do some stars look small and others look large?
400
What would cause us not to see the changing of shadows throughout the day?
What is the sun is blocked by clouds?
400
Days are longer or shorter in the winter?
What is shorter?
500
What do you call the many "shapes" of the moon?
What are phases?
500
Why do stars twinkle?
What is we are looking at them through thick layers of air from our atmosphere.
500
What causes shadows to change throughout the day?
What is the rotation of the Earth?
500
Name 3 phases of the moon?
Answers may vary.
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