Shadows
Sun
Moon
Stars
Constellations
100
Why does the direction of your shadow change throughout the day?
What is how the sun travels from east to west.
100
What direction does the sun rise in?
What is east
100
What is the name of the natural satellite that orbits the Earth?
What is the Moon
100
What is a star?
A ball of burning gas that gives off heat and light
100

Name one constellation.

What is (Big Dipper, Ursa Major, Little Dipper, Ursa Minor, Orion's Belt, Cassiopeia, etc)

200
What is needed to cause a shadow?
What is the sun or a light source
200
What direction does the sun set in?
What is west
200

How long does it take for the Moon to orbit the earth?

What is 28 days?

200

Why do the stars at night look so small and the sun look so big?

The stars are very far away and the sun is close to earth.

200
What is the best time to go outside and look at the stars near your house? (what moon phase) Why?
During a new moon because there is no light from the moon
300
What is a shadow?
What is an area that light is blocked from getting to
300
What affects the length of a shadow?
What is the time of day and position of the sun
300
What causes the Moon to light up?
What is the reflection of the sun
300

How does a star die?

What is a Supernova (it explodes and stardust goes back into the universe or it implodes into a black hole)

300

Why can't you see constellations during the daytime?

The sun is so close and so bright.

400
In the morning what direction would your shadow point?
What is west
400
How does the sun appear to travel during the day?
What is from east to west
400
Why does the Moon look different every night?
What is the Moon revolves around the Earth and we see a different part of it every night.
400

Why do the stars appear to move across the sky?

The earth rotates on its axis.

400

Why do you see different stars in the winter and the summer?

What is the earth is tilted on its axis and so the night sky changes over the year.

500
What direction does a shadow always face?
What is away from the sun or light source
500
What causes day and night?
What is the earths rotation
500

What objects can be seen in the night sky?

What is stars, Moon, and/or planets

500
Galileo was the first scientist to use a telescope to see what?
The moons of Jupiter, craters on the moon, and planets as spheres.
500

What star is true north and what constellation is it part of?

What is Polaris?

What is Ursa Minor?

 

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