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What is the name of a scientist who studies objects in outer space?
An astronomer.
The sun is the closest _______ to us.
Star.
What are the dark spots on the sun called?
Sunspots.
What causes night and day?
The earth's rotation.
How long does it take the earth to rotate one time?
24 hours.
What does the word "axis" mean?
An imaginary line through the earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.
How long does it take for the earth to orbit the sun once?
365 1/4 days
What causes the seasons?
The tilt of earth and the earth's orbit.
What did astronauts find when they traveled to the moon?
Rocks, dust, no water or life.
Which word means gradually becoming larger?
Waxing.
Which word means gradually becoming smaller?
Waning.
After a new Moon, we see a ________ moon.
Crescent.
The shape of the earth's orbit is...
Elliptical.
The imaginary line that circles the globe is called the....
Equator.
Our Sun and all of the objects that move around it are called our _____ _______.
Solar System.
Share 1 interesting fact you have learned about the Sun.
Share 1 interesting fact you have learned about the moon.
The study of objects in space is called...
What is the name of the scientist who first used a telescope to study the sun?
Galileo.
Dark spots on the moon are called....
Maria.
How many seasons do we have? What are they?
4, Winter, Summer, Spring, Fall.
When it is Summer in the northern hemisphere, it is ______ in the southern hemisphere.
Winter.
When it is Winter in the northern hemisphere, it is _________ in the southern hemisphere.
Summer.
The first astronauts on the moon were....
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
Why do astronauts need to wear space suits?
It is too hot/too cold, they don't have enough oxygen.