Earth's Rotation & Revolution
How long does it take the Earth to make one revolution around the sun?
What is 365 days or one year?
In what season is the sun highest in the sky?
What is summer?
The star which the Earth orbits around is called what?
What do we call the phase of the moon when you cannot see any part of the moon?
What is the new moon?
You fall back to Earth when you jump?
What is gravity
How long does it take for the Earth to make one full rotation on its axis?
What is 24 hours?
In what season is the sun lowest in the sky?
What is winter?
The path that one object takes around another
What is orbit?
About how many days does it take for the moon to complete its cycle around the Earth?
What is 28 day days?
If you can jump higher on the moon, does the moon have more gravity or less gravity than Earth?
What is less gravity?
This is the way we can prove now that the Earth is moving and not the sun
What is Galileo, spaceships, or traveling to space to see/record the earth
What time of day are shadows usually at their shortest?
What is noon time?
The natural force that causes things to fall toward Earth
What is gravity?
The shapes or patterns of the brightest stars in the sky
What is constellations?
Discovered gravity
Sir Isaac Newton
Earth's rotation on its axis give us what?
What is night and day?
In which direction does the sun rise and set in?
What is East and West?
Caused by Earth's tilt?
What are seasons?
Causes the different phases of the moon?
Positions of the sun, moon and Earth
Would happen if there was no gravity
Objects would float away
The movement of one object around another object in an orbit?
What is revolution?
Explain how the shadows change through out the day, morning, noon, afternoon?
What is in the morning shadows are long, noontime is the shortest shadow, and afternoon shadows become longer as the afternoon goes on?
The imaginary pole that Earth spins on
What is an axis?
Explain why you only see certain constellations during certain seasons
What is the Earth orbits around the sun over 1 year, during this time at night, our view is to the universe so it should look different each season.
How does gravity keep the Moon in orbit around Earth?
a. Gravity pushes the Moon away from Earth
b. Gravity pulls the Moon towards the Sun
c. Gravity keeps the Moon floating in space
d. Gravity pulls the Moon towards Earth
Gravity pulls the Moon towards Earth