Patterns
Spinning
Moon
Earth
Sun
100
Caused by Earth revolving around the Sun tilted on its axis
Seasons
100
The Earth spins on this tilted at an angle
Axis
100
The Moon orbits this
Earth
100
Rotation of the Earth on its axis causes this
Day and Night
100
This causes sunrise and sunset each day
Earth's rotation on its axis
200
Hours of daylight are longest during this season
Summer
200
The Earth revolves around this
Sun
200
It takes this many days to complete the Moon's orbit
29
200
One full rotation of the Earth on its axis takes this long
One day/24 hours
200
Ancient people used this object to tell time
A sundial
300
Light from the Sun allows us to be able to see this
Phases of the moon
300
The Moon revolves around this
Earth
300
The pull of gravity between the Moon and the Earth causes this
Tides
300
Life is possible on Earth because it is just the right distance from this
The Sun
300
Provides the right amount of heat energy so that life is possible on Earth
The Sun
400
Shadows appear longest at these two times
Sunrise/early morning and sunset/late afternoon
400
There are this many days between each quarter of the Moon's orbit
7
400
The reason we cannot see the New Moon
The Sun is shining on the half of it facing away from us
400
The season in which there are the most hours of daylight per day
Summer
400
Name and date of the shortest day of the year
Winter Solstice, December 21
500
This pattern is usually twice in a day every day
High/low tides
500
The circular path of an object around another object
Orbit
500
The amount of time from a New Moon to a Full Moon
14 days/2 weeks
500
It takes one year for the Earth to do this
Orbit the Sun
500
Name and date of the longest day of the year
Summer Solstice, June 21
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