Stars and Light
Day and Night
Moon
Seasons
This and That
100
A huge spinning ball of very hot gases
What is a star
100
It takes about 24 hours for earth to do this around the sun
What is to rotate
100
Another word for circle, or move around
What is orbit
100
It takes _____ for Earth to complete one orbit around the sun.
What is 365 days
100
This season has fewer hours of sunlight because the part of Earth we live on is beginning to tilt away from the sun
What is fall
200
_____ makes a star look brighter or dimmer.
What is a star's distance from Earth
200
As Earth _____, the part that was light turns away from the sun and gets dark.
What is rotate
200
A huge ball of rock that moves in an orbit around the Earth
What is the moon
200
The part of the Earth that is tilted toward the ____ changes as Earth orbits the sun.
What is the sun
200
When part of the Earth on which you live is fully tilted away from sun, it is...
What is winter
300
A group of stars that forms a pattern
What is a constellation
300
Earth's rotation causes
What is day and night
300
On bright nights, the moon seems o shine brightly, but does not give off its own light. Why?
What is it reflects light from the sun
300
The Earth has these because its axis is tilted as Earth orbits the sun.
What are the seasons
300
As Earth continues its orbit, days are growing longer again and temperatures are getting warmer. This season is...
What is spring
400
The closest star to Earth
What is the sun
400
This causes the sizes and shapes of shadows to change.
What is the sun's light shining on objects from different directions as the day goes on (because of earth's rotation)
400
The ____ of the moon change as the moon moves
What is the phases
400
A time of year that has a certain kind of weather
What is a season
400
The phase of moon right before a Full Moon
What is waxing gibbous
500
Why you may see a constellation during summer and not see it during winter.
What is the earth's revolution
500
How people once measured the time of day through shadows.
What is a sundial
500
The phase before a new moon
What is waning crescent
500
There are more hours of daylight in this season
What is summer
500
When the light reflecting off of the moon gets bigger, it is
What is waxing
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