Vocab
A spin or turn
What is a rotation?
The amount of time it takes the Earth to make one complete rotation
What is a day?
Draw a waxing crescent moon
The moon should be a small crescent on the right side
The moon ________ around the Earth
What is revolves?
What is summer?
A type of science that deals with space and the universe
What is astronomy?
To go around another object
What is a revolution?
Draw a new moon
What is at the center of our solar system?
What is the sun?
The sun is a ______
A body that orbits the Earth or another planet
What is a satellite?
A theory of the universe where the Earth is at the center
What is geo-centric?
Draw a full moon
You can see the full circle of the moon
What has the greatest impact on the Earth's tides?
What is the moon?
The sun appears to be much larger than other stars in the sky because it is _____________________________
What is close than other stars?
The amount of time it takes the Earth to make one complete revolution around the sun
What is a year?
A theory of the Earth where the sun is at the center of the universe.
What is heliocentric?
Draw a waning gibbous moon
The moon should be on the left and should be mostly visible.
It takes _________ for the Earth to make one full revolution around the sun.
The Earth rotates on a tilted axis and revolves around the sun. During different times of the year, different parts of the Earth are close or further from the sun causing these.
What is seasons?
An imaginary line that goes through the center of an object
What is an axis?
The Earth rotates on this.
What is an axis?
Draw a third quarter moon
The moon should be half visible on the left side.
It takes ________ for the Earth to complete a rotation
What is 24 hours?
If you are looking for the moon in the sky at night and can't find it, it is likely this moon phase
What is new moon?