Vocab
The complete spin of an object around its axis. To turn around
What is rotation?
Phases of the moon are determined based on the position of the
What is moon, sun, and earth?
How long does it take for the earth to go around the sun?
What is 365 days?
This object is in the center of our solar system
What is the sun?
The object that moves or orbits around the Earth
What is the moon?
One complete trip around an object in a circular or nearly circular path. When earth goes around the sun one time
What is revolution?
How long does it take the moon to complete one cycle
What is 29.5 days or 30 days
What is 24 hours?
Name of source of light in the sky?
what is the sun or what is a star?
The apparent shapes of the moon in the sky are called......
What are phases?
The sun and all the objects that travel around it
What is the Solar system?
Draw a Crescent
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Earth's rotation causes...
What is day and night
True or False: The moon has it's own light.
what is False? It gets it's light from the moon
The moons gravity causes this on Earth
What are tides?
The blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when moon is directly between sun and moon
What is an Eclipse or Lunar Eclipse
Draw a full Moon
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Earth's revolution happenens in this amount of time
What is one year or 365 days?
Planets move around the sun because of ________
What is gravity?
ECLIPSE - SUN, MOON, EARTH in a straight line.
What is a solar eclipse?
A group of stars that appear to form a pattern in the night sky.
What is a constellation?
A hollow area or pit in the ground. A Hole
What is a crater?
The cause for summer, autumn, winter, spring.
What is the Earth's tilt?
A crater is created by a flying.....
What is a meteor?
The two types of eclipses
What is a solar eclipse and What is a lunar eclipse