Vocabulary
Group of stars that create a pattern
What is constellation?
a sphere of burning gases
What is star?
True or False. Constellation movement is proof of Earth's rotation
What is true?
This causes the different seasons
What is Earth's tilt?
True or false. The movement of the sun is in a predictable pattern due to Earth's rotation on its axis
What is true?
an imaginary line running between North & South Poles
What is axis?
This is a yellow medium sized star that is closest to Earth
Constellations have stayed relatively the same for this many years
What is thousands?
This is the season that the Southern hemisphere is in when the Northern hemisphere has winter
What is summer?
This is the side of Earth that experiences nighttime
What is the side facing away from the sun?
A special building that is often shaped like a dome usually located on high hilltops away from lights. Holds telescopes in it
What is observatory?
This can make different sized stars appear the same size
What is distance?
Constellations are normally named after these two things (categories)
What are animals and people?
In this season, part of the Earth tilts away from the sun and receives less sunlight
What is winter?
This is the fraction or amount of Earth's surface that faces the sun at one time
What is half?
Earth’s complete spin around its own axis
What is rotation?
The sun gives off these two types of energy
What is heat and light?
Constellations helped ancient peoples mark _______________
What is seasons?
This is the reason that we have leap years
What is the Earth taking 365 1/4 days to complete a full revolution?
This is the amount of time it takes Earth to complete one rotation on its axis
What is 24 hours
the orbiting of an object around another object
What is revolution?
These are the two gases that the sun is mostly made of
What is hydrogen and helium?
You view different constellations because the Earth does this during the year
What is orbits (revolves) around the sun?
This is when the sun is directly over the equator. It happens twice a year
What is equinox?
This is the direction that the sun moves across the sky. Be specific about where it rises and where it sets
What is rises in the east and sets in the west?