I Feel the Earth Move
Seeing Stars
Shadows
Mr. Sun, Sun
Hodge Podge
100
The sun appears to move across the sky because of the earth's _____________.
What is rotation?
100
Stars appear to move through the sky each night because of the earth's ____________.
What is rotation?
100
Shadows are created when...
What is an object blocks the light of the sun?
100
True or False: The sun moves.
What is FALSE? It appears to move because of the movement of the earth.
200
We see stars when the earth is facing _____________.
What is away from the sun?
200
True or False: Your shadow is always behind you.
What is FALSE? The location of a shadow depends on where the sun is in relationship to the object. If a person is facing East, and the sun is in the West, the shadow could be in front of him or her.
200
The path of the sun across the sky creates a(n) __________.
What is arc?
200
Shadows and the sun would always be on ___________ sides of an object.
What is opposite?
300
The earth's path around the sun is called its ____________.
What is orbit?
300
The pattern of stars we see repeats each _________.
What is year? ***The constellations change with the seasons (every three months). This also means that they repeat themselves at the same time EACH YEAR. Some constellations, however, can be seen throughout the year, depending on their location relative to the earth.
300
Shadows are longest when the sun is _________.
What is lowest in the sky?
300
Because of the sun, we ___________ see the light of other stars during the day.
What is cannot?
300
Gravity ____________ objects towards the __________ of earth.
What is pulls.... center?
400
The earth takes 365 days to complete one ____________ around the sun.
What is revolution?
400
A group of stars that form a pattern or picture in the sky is called a _________________.
What is constellation?
400
At what time would your shadow be the shortest?
What is at noon time (or when the sun is highest in the sky)?
400
True or False: The sun is the largest, brightest star.
What is FALSE? It is simply the closest.
400
How is a model a useful tool?
What is it can be used in demonstrations, to show things that are too big (or small), to help us learn about things that we can't see, etc?
500
It takes the earth ____________ to complete one rotation.
What is 24 hours?
500
We see different stars throughout the year because of where the earth is located on its _______________.
What is orbit?
500
True or false: Shadows are the same length throughout the day.
What is FALSE?
500
During the morning hours, the sun is in the __________.
What is east?
500
A model built in proportion to the actual object is built to ____________.
What is scale?
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