Solar System and Sun Brightness
The center of our solar system.
What is the Sun?
Gravity is the force that pulls objects in this direction.
What is down?
The phase of the moon when it looks fully lit from Earth.
What is a full moon?
The earth takes this number of hours to complete one full rotation on its axis.
What is 24 hours?
Shadows are shortest during this time of day.
What is noon?
What is Jupiter?
The moon stays in orbit around Earth due to this force.
What is Gravity?
This phase of the moon occurs when we see none of it lit up.
What is a new moon?
Shadows are longer in the morning and evening becasue the Sun is _______.
What is lower in the sky?
The tilt of the Earth's axis causes this.
What are the seasons?
The Sun looks bigger than some other stars because it is ________ to Earth.
What is closer?
This scientist is famous for studying gravity by observing a falling apple.
Who is Isaac Newton?
The moon goes through this number of phases in one lunar cycle.
What is 8?
The earth rotates from ________ to ________.
What is from West to East.
In winter, shadows are _____ than they are in the summer.
What is longer?
The number of planets in our solar system.
What is 8?
If you drop a book and a pencil at the same time, this object will hit the ground first.
What is they will both hit the ground at the same time?
The moon appears to grow bigger during this phase.
What is waxing?
The movement of Earth's rotation makes the Sun appear to rise in this direction.
What is East?
What is higher?
The sun appears brighter than other stars because of this.
What is because it is closer to Earth?
True or False. Gravity is weaker on the moon.
What is true?
The moon completes one full lunar cycle in this number of days.
What is 29.5 days?
This is the name of the imaginary line that Earth rotates around.
What is its axis?
On this day which happens on the first day of fall and spring, the day and night are of equal length.
What is the equinox?