Seasons
What is the main cause of Earth's seasons?
The Earth's tilt
This is a group of stars in a specific pattern.
Constellation
This moon phase happens when the moon is between the sun and the Earth
New Moon
The shortest day of the year is also known as the...
winter solstice
This student taught Mrs. Martin a new vocabulary word when she first started teaching at Absarokee
KALE.
True or False. The Earth is closer to the sun in the summer.
False.
Different parts of Earth face the sun during a 24-hour period because Earth's:
Rotation
This moon phase occurs when the Earth is between the moon and the sun
Full moon
summer solstice
What answer did Mrs. Martin include on test questions (that no one found funny except her)?
Your Mom
When a hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, what season is it experiencing?
Summer
True or False. The sun rises in the west and sets in the east because Earth rotates west to east.
FALSE
This event occurs when the shadow of one celestial object falls on another
eclipse
Days are longer in the summer because... (don't just say the earth's tilt)
Days are longer because it takes more time for the sun to complete its longer path across the sky.
Who would always come to class and tell us about her very vivid and random dreams?
GRIER
This season experiences equal amount of daylight and night
Spring/Fall
A path that an object follows as it travels around another object in space
Orbit
Stars seen in one season may not be seen in another because...
Earth's movement around the sun
Why are summers warmer in Miami, Florida than in Seattle, Washington?
What is Gus's nickname?
The Mayor
The angle of the sun is lower in the sky, therefore, fewer hours of daylight (less of the sun's energy)
Fill in the blanks:
Earth orbits the ____, and the _____orbits Earth. Earth brings the moon with it as it moves around the ___ One year is the time it takes for Earth to complete one ______ around the sun. In that time, Earth rotates on its axis _____ times, so there are ____ days in a year. And the moon goes through a full cycle of phases about ___times in a year.
sun
moon
sun
revolution
365
365
12
This was the first person on the moon in 1969
Neil Armstrong
Describe one way an animal adjusts/adapts to a changing season.
Snowshoe hare
Migration patterns
Hibernation
Tree life cycle
This student used to complain of stomach aches, then play his gameboy in the bathroom!!!
LP