Earth
Sun
Stars
This and That
Vocabulary
100

This causes the Earth's seasons.

What is the the Earth's orbit? 

100

The word "solar" refers to this object.

What is the "sun"?

100
This is a group of stars in space.

What is a "constellation"? 

100

This keeps the Earth and moon in their orbits and all humans on the ground.

What is "gravity"?

100

This word describes the Earth spinning continuously.

What is "rotating"?

200

The shape of the Earth

What is a "sphere"?

200

The sun is a big fiery ball of gas called this.

What is a "star"?

200

This star looks like the biggest the brightest star in the sky because it is the closest star to Earth

What is "the Sun"

200

It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.

What is 24 hours?

200

This word means to picture something in your mind.

What is "visualize"?

300

The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.

What is 365 days or one year?

300

The sun rises in this direction.

What is the "east"?

300

This is the reason why the stars appear smaller in the sky. 

What is they are "father from Earth"? 

300

This object is used to study far away objects in the sky.

What is a "telescope"?

300

This word is used to describe a collection of information from an investigation. 

What is data?

400

What are the two ways the Earth moves in space?

What is rotating and revolving/orbiting? 

400

This occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth, blocking some the the sun's light.

What is a "solar eclipse"?

400

This is the reason why the constellations appear to move across the sky. 

What is the" Earth's orbit"? 

400

This direction is always away from the ground. 

What is "up"

400

These three things are needed in order to have a strong claim.

What is: A restated question, Answering the question, One Sentence long. 

500

How many hours would it take for Earth to rotate so it would be night for us but day on the other side of the world?

What is 12 hours?  

500
This is why we cannot see other stars in the sky during the day? 

What is "the sun's brightness"/ the overwhelming sun?

500
This constellation represents a great hunter wearing a large belt. 

What is "Orion"? 

500

If you were to look to the sky on this night, you would need to wait this long in order to see it again. 

What is "one year/ 365 days"?

500

This is information used to support your claim. 

What is evidence? 

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