the path followed by Earth as it goes around the Sun
What is orbit?
100
the passage of the moon through Earth's shadow
What is lunar eclipse?
100
Keeps Earth revolving around the Sun.
What is the force of gravity?
100
The moon looks half light and half dark
What is First Quarter?
100
Describe a constellation.
What is a pattern of stars?
200
any one of the 88 areas in the sky that are used to identify and name the stars
What is constellation?
200
why do the stars seem to move across the sky?
What is because Earth rotates.
200
define rotation
What is the spinning of Earth around its axis?
200
The Moon orbits around Earth, what side of the Moon Faces Earth?
What is the same side of the Moon?
200
Occurs when the Moon passes through Earth's shadow.
What is a lunar eclipse?
300
the spinning of a planet, moon, or star around its axis
What is rotation?
300
the motion of Earth around the Sun
What is revolution?
300
Earth moves from WEST to EAST
What is why is does day turn into night on Earth?
300
A clue that earth is moving.
What is the seasons change during the year?
300
Name the 8/9 planets.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and sometimes Pluto?
400
an oval-shaped curve that is like cicle stretched out in two opposite directions
What is ellipse?
400
when the moon casts its shadow on Earth
What is solar eclipse?
400
Because of the force of gravity
What is keeps Earth revolving around the Sun?
400
The event that occurs when the Moon casts a shadow on the Earth.
What is solar eclipse?
400
The constellations seen in the Northern Hemisphere that never appear to rise or completely set are.
What is near Polaris?
500
an imaginary line that goes through an object, Earth spins on this
What is axis?
500
when an object in space casts its shadow on another object
What is an eclipse?
500
Causes the seasons to change on Earth?
What is the tilt of Earth?
500
Describe the Sun.
What is a medium-sized star nearest Earth?
500
The Northern Hemisphere is having summer and the Southern Hemisphere is having winter.
What is the North Pole tilts towards the Sun and gets more direct sunlight, while the South Pole tilts away from the Sun and gets sunlight that is less direct?