Rotation & Revolution
Earth takes 365 days to ________.
Revolve around the sun.
What is a group of stars connected by imaginary lines called?
Constellation
How much of the moon in visible in a first-quarter moon?
half
It takes ______ for the earth to complete one rotation.
24 hours/1 day
What causes the constellations to only appear in certain months of the year?
The earth revolving around the sun.
What word means the moon is gaining more light or getting bigger?
waxing
The Earth revolves around the Sun. How much of the revolution will Earth have completed in six months?
One half of one revolution.
The stars appear to be moving across the sky. What causes this?
The Earth rotating on its axis.
What word describes the moon when it has more than half but less than a full moon?
Gibbous
What causes the rising and setting of the sun?
Earth's rotation
Some constellations can only be seen in the winter. Why is that?
The Earth revolves around the sun.
How long does it take for the moon to go through all of its phases?
28-29 days
Tony plays the part of the Sun and Allie plays the Earth. If Allie is walking around Tony in a full circle as he stands in the middle of the circle, what are they demonstrating? And how long does this take in real life?
The revolution of the Earth around the Sun, one year or 365 days.
Margaret is watching stars through her telescope. She looks at the stars at 6:00 and then at 8:00. How would the stars look different at 8:00?
The stars would have shifted to the right.
Why does the moon appear to look different each week?
As the moon revolves around the Earth, different parts of the moon are reflecting the light from the Sun.