Shadows
Sun
Earth's Rotation/North Star
Earth's Axis
Vocabulary
100
The point between night and day, when day happens
What is Sunrise?
100
is half of Earth's surface being illuminated by sunlight.
What is Day?
100
Causes day and night
What is Earth' rotation?
100
Earth's tilt is on it's______________.
What is axis?
100
When an object turns or spins around in a circular motion.
What is Rotation?
200
Dark areas that result when light is blocked.
What is Shadows?
200
is the half of Earth's surface in its own shadow.
What is Night?
200
The North Star
What is Polaris?
200
The imaginary line when Earth rotates on an axis runs through the center of the Earth from _________ to _________.
What is North and South Pole?
200
Earth's path around the sun.
What is orbit?
300
The point between day and night, when night first happens.
What is Sunset?
300
___________ _________ changes in the sky each hour.
What is Sun's position?
300
the position of the North Star is directly over ____________
What is Earth's North Pole?
300
Earth rotates on its axis every.....
What is 24 hours?
300
causes day and night
What is rotation?
400
When you are standing on the playground, your shadow is short and points north
What are some characteristics of Shadows at noon?
400
The higher the Sun is in the sky, the ___________ the shadows are. Shadows are _________ in the early morning and late afternoon.
What is short and long?
400
Earth's North Pole always points towards the ____________ during the summer, fall, winter and spring.
What is North Star?
400
___________ every 24 hours which is the reason the Sun appears to move in the sky.
What is rotates on it's axis?
400
It is 3:30pm on the playground, you notice that your shadow is__________________________? Why
What is long and facing east, because of the Sun's position in the sky due to Earth's rotation?
500
The _____________ and ____________ of a shadow depends on the Sun's position in the sky.
What is length and direction?
500
Sun rises in the ________ and sets in the ___________.
What is east and west?
500
the change between day and night is the result of Earth's rotating on its own axis in association with the stationary Sun.
What is cyclical?
500
Takes 365 days for earth to complete one ___________ around the Sun.
What is Earth's revolution?
500
If you are facing south at noon in North America, describe your shadow.
What is my shadow will be facing directly north and short?
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