Vocabulary I
The Sun
The Moon
Misc. I
Misc. II
100
To spin on an axis.
What is Rotation?
100
The sun.
What is the center of our solar system?
100
It is the Moon phase that is between a first quarter and a full moon.
What is a Waxing Gibbous?
100
At sunrise and sunset.
At what point in the day are shadows created by the sun's light the longest?
100
Waxing
What is the name for Moon phases that are "growing"?
200
To travel on a path around another object.
What is revolve?
200
East
What is the direction in which the sun rises each morning?
200
The Moon.
What is the Earth's natural satellite?
200
At noon.
At what time of day are shadows created by the sun's light the shortest?
200
Waning.
What is the name for Moon phases when the Moon is "getting smaller"?
300
An instrument that makes objects that are far away seem closer.
What is a telescope?
300
West.
What is the direction in which the sun sets each day.
300
Because the moon revolves around Earth and so its position changes every day.
What is the reason the illuminated portion of the Moon appears to change each night?
300
Because of the Earth's rotation on its axis, one half of Earth is experiencing darkness while the other half experiences day light.
What causes day and night?
300
Because the Earth is in a different position in space as it orbits around the sun so the night sky changes with each season.
Why are constellations we see in the summer different from constellations we see in the winter?
400
The sun.
What is the star closest to Earth?
400
At its highest point in the sky.
What is the position of the sun at noon?
400
Because the Earth is moving by rotating on its axis.
What does the Moon appear to move across the sky during the night?
400
It takes approximately one month, or 4 weeks.
How long does it take for the Moon to complete one lunar cycle, or one orbit around Earth?
400
No, it appears to move across the sky because the Earth is rotating.
Why does the sun appear to travel across the sky each day?
500
Constellation
What is a group of stars that forms a pattern and has a name?
500
Because Earth completes one rotation on its axis each day.
What is the cause of day and night each day on Earth.
500
It is reflecting light from the sun.
Why does the Moon appear to shine; why is the Moon illuminated?
500
It is called the Waxing Crescent.
What is the Moon phase between the New Moon and the first quarter moon?
500
They appear to move across the sky at night because of the Earth's rotation.
Why do the stars appear to change position during the night?
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