Constellations and Seasonal Change
A group of stars forming a pattern.
What is a constellation?
This keeps planets in orbit around the sun.
What is gravity?
This star is closest to Earth.
What is the sun?
This causes day and night.
What is the rotation of the Earth on its axis?
This phase comes after the new moon.
What is the waxing crescent?
This is an example of one constellation visible in winter.
What is Orion / Ursa Major?
This force pulls objects toward each other.
What is gravity?
Distance affects a star's brightness.
What causes a star that is farther away to become dimmer?
The Earth's rotates.
How does the Earth make one complete rotation on its axis approximately every 24 hours?
It takes the moon _______________ to go through all phases.
What cycle happens to the moon during 29.5 days?
Constellations change with the seasons because ______________.
What is the Earth's position compared to the stars.?
Weight is _____________________
What is the force of gravity acting on an object?
This is the difference between a star and a planet.
Why do stars produce their own light, while planets reflect light from stars?
Earth revolves around the sun.
Why does Earth's revolution around the sun takes about 365 days?
This is phase the moon is in when it is fully illuminated.
What is the full moon?
We see different stars at different times of the year because ________________________.
Why are different stars visible due to the Earth's orbit around the sun?
Gravity affects astronauts in space by _____________
What causes astronauts feel weightless in space?
This unit is used to measure distances in space.
What is a light year?
A tectonic plate is ____________________
How do Tectonic plates move and interact on large sections of Earth's crust?.
During a lunar eclipse _____________
What happens when a Earth passes between the sun and the moon?
An example of a seasonal constellation is __________.
What is the Orion constellation in winter?
*Accept any correct constellation that matches its season.
How does gravity affect the movement of satellites?
How does gravity pull satellites toward the Earth, keeping them in orbit?
Some stars appear brighter than others.
Why do stars closer to Earth appear brighter?
Earthquakes happen because ____________
Why do earthquakes occur at the boundaries of tectonic plates?
During the waxing and waning phases of the moon ________________________
Why is the moon more illuminated during the waxing phase and less illuminated during the waning phase?