Day and night and also stars
Kookoo bananas town
The Sun
Earth's Rotation part 2
Phases of Matter
100
What causes earth to experience day and night?
The Earth's rotation
100
What does down mean?
Down means towards the center of the Earth
100
What is the only star in our solar system?
the sun
100
What ar the three things that Earth's rotation causes?
(in any order)
length of shadows to change, sunrise and sunset, day and night
100
What phase of matter has the closest molecules
Solid
200
What does the Earth rotate on?
Earth rotates on it's axis.
200
What does up mean?
Away from the center of the Earth
200
What star is closest to Earth?
The sun
200
how long does it take for the Earth to complete one full pattern of the length of shadows changing?
24 hours/ one day/ one rotation
200
What phase of matter has molecules that are very spread apart and move very quickly?
Gas
300
What causes us to see different stars at different times of year?
Earths Revolution/Orbit
300
Ms.Parmett has her friends drop a pencil at different locations around Earth. Which of these photos shows the direction they drop at all locations?
(A)
300
Using the data table, how far is Earth from the sun?
0.000016 light years away
your answer is NOT correct if you didn't add your units!
300
Chester can suddenly talk (ugh, annoying) and realizes that there is a pattern of day and night. Which statement best explains why he sees the pattern of day and night every 24 hours
The Earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours.
300
What phase of Matter has medium distance between the molecules?
Liquid
400
How is it possible that someone in New York is experiencing daytime, where someone in London is experiencing nighttime?
New York is facing the sun so it will be daytime. London is facing away from the sun, it will be nighttime.
400
which streetlight will look brightest and why?
Streetlight A. when things are closer they will look bigger and brighter
400
Why does the sun look so big and bright compared to other stars in space?
The Sun looks bigger and brighter than other stars because it is closer. When things are closer to us they will look bigger and brighter than things that are farther away, regardless of size.
400
What time of day is a person on the X experiencing?
Daytime
400
What phase of matter is air and what does it look like?
Gas
500
Which diagram should a student use to explain why we see different constellations at different times of year? What is this process called?
Diagram B, orbit/revolution
500
Ms.Parmett decided she wants to observe constellations to better understand the pattern of seeing different constellations. What should she keep the same in her investigation? you can pick more than one.
A.observe the same stars during the same month each year
B.Observe the stars on the same day of each month
C.observe stars from the same location
D.observe the same constellation during each month
A, C
500
Uy Scuti is the largest star known to man. It is 1.7 billion times larger than the sun and 9,700 light years away from Earth. Why does the sun still look brighter than Uy Scuti?
The sun looks brighter than Uy Scuti because it is the closest star to earth. When things are closer to us, they will look bigger and brighter than things that are farther away.
500
What causes the length of shadows to change over time?
the earths rotation on its axis
500
What phase of matter is this?
Liquid