Gravity
What is gravity?
The spinning of an object around its axis.
What is rotation?
The four seasons on Earth.
What are spring, summer, fall, and winter?
What is a shadow?
This is the cause of the Moon's "light".
What is reflection from the Sun off of Moon?
The object that keeps us objects/organisms on Earth floating into space.
What is Earth?
The movement of one object around another one.
What is revolution?
Month/Season when the Earth's North Pole is tilted away the Sun.
When it is December/Winter?
The time(s) of day when shadows appear shortest.
What happens at noon/12:00pm?
The Moon Phase when the Moon is between the Earth and Sun.
What is a New Moon?
Gravity holds planets and moons in these circular patterns around stars and other planets.
What are orbits?
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What is the exact number of days it takes for the Earth to revolve around the Sun?
Month/Season when the Earth's North Pole is tilted towards the Sun.
What is June/Summer?
The time(s) of day when shadows appear longest?
When is dawn/sunrise and dusk/sunset?
The Moon Phase when the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun.
What is a Full Moon?
Planet with the largest gravitational pull.
What is Jupiter?
The angle of the Earth's axis.
What is 23.5 degrees?
The two times a year when the hours of daylight and night are the same.
When it is March and September?
What are angles?
Number of days it takes the Moon to orbit/revolve around Earth.
What is 29.5 days?
Prevents the Moon from crashing into Earth.
What is the result of gravitational pull from other objects in space?
When half of the Earth to face away from the Sun.
What is night?
What are Earth's axis and Earth's revolution around the Sun?
The location of the Sun in the sky (when you're in the Northern Hemisphere) during the Winter months.
What is the southern sky?
The Moon Phase right before a Full Moon.
What is a Waxing Gibbous?