Vocabulary
Rotation
Revolution
Stars and Moon
Space Exploration
100
What does rotate mean?
To spin around
100
Day and night happen because Earth__________.
ROTATES
100
What remains the same even as Earth revolves around the sun?
Earth stays titled
100
What kinds of movement does the moon make about once each month?
During a month, (4 weeks), the moon rotates AND revolves once around Earth.
100
How did the space center affect Cape Canaveral?
A few building, a few palm trees, and a citrus grove were replaced by a large launch pad with a shuttle and rockets.
200
What does revolve mean?
To move around another object
200
What happens because of Earth's rotation? (stars)
Star patterns appear to move across the sky.
200
How many times will Earth revolve between today and the same date in 2025?
8 times
200
How does the moon look different as it goes through its phases? A. Its light gets brighter, then dimmer. B. It moves from a small circle to a large circle. C. It changes from a small circle to a large circle. D. Its shape changes from a thin crescent to the whole moon.
D. Its shape from a thin crescent to the whole moon.
200
How did many people in Brevard County make their living before the space industry?
Farming, citrus farming
300
What is an axis?
An imaginary line around which Earth spins.
300
How does the moon look different as it goes through its phases? A. Its light gets brighter, then dimmer B. It moves from low in the sky to high C. It changes from a small circle to a large circle D. Its shape changes from a thin crescent to the whole moon
D. Its shape changes from a thin crescent to the whole moon
300
If you said the Earth's revolution around the sun started in March, about how far around the sun is Earth by December?
About three-quarters of its yearly revolution.
300
Yasmeen uses a telescope in her investigation. What is Yasmeen most likely investigating? A. The hardness property of a mineral B. The magnetic property of a mineral C. What does the surface of the moon look like D. What the grains in a rock sample look like
C. What does the surface of the moon look like
300
Why were construction workers important after the space center was built?
They built new roads, bridges, schools, and homes for the people who moved there to work at the space center.
400
What is a phase?
The lighted part of the moon as it appears from Earth.
400
How does Earth's rotation cause day and night?
The part of the Earth facing the sun has day. As Earth rotates, that part of Earth turns away from the sun and has night.
400
What takes 365 days to complete?
Earth revolving around the sun!
400
Lauren looks at the patterns of stars in the night sky from her home in Tampa, Florida. She observes the stars each night in December. She draws the star patterns that she sees each hour for five hours each night. What does Lauren most likely observe about the star pattern Orion?
Orion APPEARS to move across the sky, but really it doesn't move at all. It is because of Earth's rotation and revolution that the stars APPEAR to move.
400
How did the space industry effect Florida's economy and culture?
Tourists have brought much money into Florida's economy.
500
Is Earth's axis straight up and down or tilted?
TILTED!
500
What can you say about how the sun, moon, and stars seem to move?
They all seem to rise toward the EAST and set toward the WEST.
500
What is the difference between Earth's rotation and Earth's revolution?
Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun.
500
It is 9 a.m. in Florida, what time of day is it on the opposite side of Earth? (not an actual time)
NIGHT
500
What are two ways that space research and exploration have been important to the state of Florida?
Research- -Jobs at space institutions, Population boom, Increase in tourism Boosting of Florida's economy- -Increased high-tech, cultural diversity or supporting jobs
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