Earth's Movement
This creates day and night
What is rotation?
This means "growing"
Waxing
the name for a group of stars that form a pattern
What is constellation?
this word means "shrinking" when referring to the moon
What is waning?
The amount of time it takes for the Earth to rotate once
What is 24 hours
What is the right?
the brightest star and it is used for navigating
the moon gets its light by this
What is reflecting the sun's light?
The name of the movement the Earth does around the sun
What is revolve? (Revolution)
This means "shrinking"
Waning
the closest star to us
what is the sun?
What invention helped in proving the sun was the center of the universe?
Teloscope
The amount of time it takes for the Earth to revolve around the sun
one year
the first phase of a new moon cycle
the definition for a star
What is an exploding ball of burning gas held together by gravity
Heliocentric
the tilt of the Earth
the reason the moon goes through the phases
What is the orbit of the moon around the Earth and sun?
the reason the constellations change with the seasons
What is the revolution or orbit of the Earth around the sun?
What is the order of the sun, moon and Earth during a lunar eclipse
Sun- Earth - Moon