Earth
A force that causes objects to attract each other.
What is gravity?
Spinning is the movement of an object around a fixed point or its axis.
What is rotation?
The different phases of the moon.
What is the lunar cycle?
The star that appears in a fixed position.
What is Polaris?
A group of stars that forms a recognizable pattern?
What is a constellation?
Exerts the greatest gravitational force.
What is the Sun?
The circular motion of one object around a second object.
What is revolution?
The reason the moon appears bright in the sky at night.
What is reflection of light from the sun?
Stars appear to rotate around this star.
A set of stars only visible during a specific set of months.
What is a seasonal constellation?
Keeps the Earth in orbit around the Sun.
What is the Sun's gravity?
Gives us night and day.
What is the rotation of the Earth?
The object the MOSTLY influences the high and low tides on Earth.
What is the moon's gravity?
The Earth blocks the view of the North Star. The star is located directly above the North Pole.
What is the southern hemisphere?
The one day of the year that experiences 24 hours of night.
What is the winter solstice?
The latitudes that always experience direct sunlight.
What are the latitudes between 23.5 degrees North and 23.5 degrees south?
Gives us seasons.
What is Earth's revolution around the sun?
The tides that occur during a full moon.
What is a full moon?
The relationship between the sun's altitude and temperature.
What is a direct relationship?
The day that the sun's altitude is the lowest in the sky.
What is the first day of winter?
The phase of the moon that a solar eclipse only occurs during.
What is a new moon?
A word we use to describe the height of the sun in the sky.
What is altitude?
Night and day are the shortest celestial cycles meaning the longest are...?
What are seasons?
At sunrise, shadows point...?
What is west?
The look of the moon during a lunar eclipse.
What is a red moon?