Patterns in Space
The Sun, Earth, and the Moon form a pattern in our Solar System. Describe that pattern.
The Sun is at the center of our solar system. The Earth revolves around the Sun in one year, and the Moon revolves around the Earth about once a month.
A burning streak across the sky, striking the ground.
A meteorite
Small, no moons, no atmosphere, hot, and terrestrial.
What is Mercury
Fewer hours of daylight, longer nights.
Earth's tilted axis in Winter
What is the difference between rotation and revolution, and what do those two motions cause?
Rotation is Earth spinning, and it causes day and night in 24 hours, while Revolution is the Earth going around the Sun in about 365 days, or one year.
What type of star is our Sun?
A medium-sized yellow dwarf star.
A slow-moving glowing object that appears to be a small star with a tail.
A comet - the tail gives it away!
Large, made of gas, has a storm that is larger than Earth, red, cold, and has a lot of moons.
Jupiter
An equal number of daylight & nighttime hours.
Vernal or Autumnal Equinoxes
(spring) or (fall)
What has to occur in order for Earth to have day and night?
One side of the Earth must be towards the Sun to have day, while the other side of the Earth that is pointed away from the Sun is having night.
What does Earth's rotation on its axis cause here on Earth?
Day and night, the sun appears to move across the sky, and the stars appear to move in the night sky.
A fast streak of light that can be predicted due to its origin.
A meteor.
Is solid, small, and cold, has few moons, is terrestrial, and when viewed from Earth appears to be a reddish star.
Mars
When looking at Earth's revolution in an image, how can you tell when summer is in the Northern Hemisphere?
When the Earth's axis, in the Northern Hemisphere, is tilted toward the Sun.
The four stars that are closest to Earth are: Proxima Centauri - 4.25 light-years (ly), Alpha Centauri A - 4.34 ly, Alpha Centauri B - 4.35 ly, and the Sun - 1 AU away. What makes the other stars different than the Sun?
The other stars are outside our solar sytem and very far away, while the Sun is inside our solar system and much closer to Earth.
One day on Earth is caused by
The rotation of the Earth on its Axis.
A field of debris is left behind in my orbit that then creates meteor showers when a planet passes through it. What is that debris called?
What are meteoroids
The only planet not named after a Greek or Roman God, terrestrial, the third planet from the Sun, has living things and water in all of its forms - solid - liquid - gas.
The Earth
Coming into school at the end of October, I noticed how tall my shadow was. How could this be, since I am so short?
The sun's position, low on the horizon, makes the shadow longer due to the angle of the light shining on you.
The combination of these two things causes the seasons. What are they?
The tilt of the Earth's axis and the revolution of the Earth around the Sun.
How long does Earth's revolution take?
It takes 365.25 days, or one year, to revolve around the Sun.
I am a big ball of gas that is one astronomical unit away from the Earth.
the Sun.
These planets are made of ice, gas, and a solid core. They have many moons and are extremely cold
The ice giants Uranus & Neptune
On the same day I saw my tall shadow getting off the bus, I noticed my shadow was much shorter when I was out at recess. What gives?
Since the sun is higher in the sky at noon, your shadow will be shorter because the angle of light is coming down from a higher point.
The rotation around a central point causes this phenomenon. What is it?
Day and Night